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Parents of lemmy, at what age did/would you give a smartphone to your kids ? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are you sure it didn't have any effect? I have seen some kids who wouldn't put their phone away when they are walking, when they are talking to others , etc. Their attention span is so low they cant even concentrate.

Also the dangers of the internet and what stuff you can find. I will give them a phone when they are old enough to understand that. Maybe 15 -16

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I'm sure. This is a tale as old as time.

Same was said of newspapers. Same was said of television. Same was said of videogames. Same was said of the internet.

Humans get new tool. Old people who grew up without tool look down on young for overusing tool.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I mean sometimes it has /some/ effect. I'm in my late 20s, so was a kid somewhat recently. We grew up without television. We had movies, and we had the Internet, but no TV. My dad didn't want us mindlessly wasting time on stuff we weren't even interested in just because it was what was "on right now." Not to mention the accumulative hours of watching ads.

We all ended up more creative and artistic than our peers, and my relationships with my siblings are stronger than those of my friends. We read a lot (though people I knew with TV also often read a lot so I don't think that's necessarily a given, though I know I myself would not have been regularly reading a book a day in middle school if TV had been an option)

I'm just saying limiting time wasted on media is often net positive.