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‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The goal is to change the norm, Fernyhough said, so that when children come to the end of primary school, the class “bands together and says, ‘Let’s all delay until at least 14.’

Yeah right that's going to happen: p

[–] soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They can live their childhood as they should do, focus on their learning and enjoy the real world without having to spend their life scrolling, which we all know is not good for them

Older people forget that the norm of childhood has changed. And assume that children should do the same things they did instead of learning how to moderate what they do

[–] jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

"Why don't kids play outside nowadays" Look out the window. What outside? How do they play there? They could go to a park, but how do they get there? They could play in the city, but would that be safe? They could go bush, but how? They could play around the neighbourhood, and then what, make a tiny bike ramp by digging and gathering a bit of dirt from a drain and then get reported and then have the council send letters to everyone living in the area to ask if they'd seen the kids and if so please say who they are and then put up signs saying that the area (ie the big drain they got the dirt from and the bit about it) may be under surveillance despite there not really being anywhere to put cameras? (that last one is a true story from where I live btw)

[–] Strobelt@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Exactly! Much easier just making something as "evil" than actually solving the issues around.

Children shouldn't be using their cells that much, but this is not solved by restricting access to it. It is solved by making communities and spaces child-safe and interesting for them.

[–] jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that last one about the kids making the bike ramp happened a fair few (~7?) years ago and all the signs are still there

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We used to use the "no ball games" sign as a target. Eventually it fell off the wall.

Usually some busy body police support community officer person, or some other individual in a yellow fluorescent jacket and no actual authority would turn up and yell at us, but we just wait until they went away.

[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Sounds sort of like those virginity contracts.