Mobile phone – life partner to children and youth

The mobile phone has become an inseparable ‘life partner’ and a reason of appearance of new forms of people’s behaviour, as well as new means of communication, which influence social life. Undoubtedly, benefits related to possessing and using a mobile phone are significant, however, it is crucial to remember about threats which result from inappropriate usage of mobile phones, especially by children and the youth. The article focuses on excessive usage of mobile phones and their influence on a young man. The matter of the analysis are interpretations of the definition of addiction and the mobile phone is indicated as a source of mental addiction. Kinds of mobile phone addiction are characterised, as well as typical behaviour features of an addicted person. The article is an attempt of presenting results of an inappropriate usage of mobile phones, phonoholism, by children and the youth, as well as adult people. In its final part the article presents cogitations of a schoolgirl upon the phenomenon of phonoholism and its influence on a young man.