Children and Smartpones: The dilemma

Children are using smartphones at an increasingly youger age. This has gotten many people (especially parents) worried about the negative health and psychological issues that may ensue. Many argue that smartphones are convenient, of course, but they also alter the parent-child relationship, creating a constant connectivity that can often be mistaken for a genuine connection. It can weaken your authority and ability to bond, and in the hands of children whose judgment isn’t yet fully developed, smartphones can lead to the fast-track to bad choices and even worse consequences.

Smartphones hinder parent-child relationships

 According to school behaviour expert Tom Bennett Children should not be allowed smartphones until they are 16 and teachers should not allow them unless absolutely necessary.
But others still will say that kids need smartphones because they help keep track of the child and help them in their intellectual growth:
So who is right?