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Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 08-01-2018<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \n pple shareholders Jana Partners and the California State Teachers\u2019 Retirement System (CalSTRS) are urging the smartphone maker to take steps to address what they say is a growing problem of young people getting addicted to Apple\u2019s iPhones.<\/p>\n The Wall Street Journal reported earlier on Sunday that Jana partner Charles Penner, a leading activist shareholder, and CalSTRS, one of the nation\u2019s largest public pension plans, delivered a letter to Apple on Saturday asking the company to consider developing software that would allow parents to limit children\u2019s phone use.<\/p>\n Jana and CalSTRS also asked Apple to study the impact of excessive phone use on mental health.<\/p>\n CalSTRS and Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n Jana and CalSTRS together control about $2 billion (approximately R24.8bn) worth of Apple shares.<\/p>\n The issue of phone addiction among young people has become a growing concern in the United States as parent\u2019s report their children cannot give up their phones.<\/p>\n According to a 2016 survey of children and their parents by Common Sense Media, half of teenagers in the United States feel like they are addicted to their mobile phones and report feeling pressure to immediately respond to phone messages.<\/p>\n – Reuters\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n