Children my sister are on the phone for hours, what can you do?

My sister's children (8 and 5) are constantly on the phone. Every day they are on the cell phone for around 5-6 hours. The big switch of cell phones, laptops and switches. He just doesn't spend a second without it. He also watches YouTube or his cell phone while eating. He has no friends at school and sits alone during recess. He is also completely antisocial when it comes to adults. So Snot gets cheeky, interrupts and doesn't let adults have their say. The parents let that through.

My sister laughs about it because she doesn't know how to deal with it. And my brother-in-law only says something when he wants.

He already has a lot of problems: the school advised the parents to bring in a psychologist. Kita had done that too. Parents ignore it or postpone it for years.

He has language problems and does not show any emotions. He is often brutal with his younger brother, always wants to win and be right. He has really black circles under the eyes and is gaining weight.

Because I said during a visit that he should take his present, he said "Do you want me to throw myself down if I don't watch the video?". When I told my sister about this, she just shrugged. He also just keeps talking about games.

What can you do about it? As an aunt, I just can't tolerate that. But when you talk to the parents, they really believe that they are forbidding everything. But when you go to them, the children are on the cell phone in the morning.

You are not a parent so nothing at all.

If you can then speak to the parents, of course you can't do anything yourself, since you are not a legal guardian and therefore, as the word already says, you are not entitled to raise them.

In the best case, you can inform the youth welfare office and tell them everything you experience with this child.

You can't do anything - instead of wanting to raise the children, the "parents" should first be brought up to be parents, who probably have their peace and quiet and are "overwhelmed with it".

Who could help the "children" to get back to normal? At most the youth welfare office.

Yes I have. But the father is strictly against the psychologist and does not want his son to be stamped. But which is absolute nonsense.

Yes, it all comes from cell phone use and the like. Bad! And the parents don't see it or don't want to see it until it's too late. Then there's nothing more they can do.

That's why I never bought my kids a cell phone.

I hope the school psychologist forbids parents to hand over cell phones to children. They have to learn life from scratch and without these things. With restrictions, the mother does not get any further, the children do not allow that or make her life very difficult. In addition, both parents would have to pull together, but communication doesn't even work there.

You could point out the dangers to your sister, but that creates a conflict. Somebody should really open their parents' eyes.