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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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[–] HelloHotel@lemm.ee 53 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The problem is we want/are forced to let kids to have access to the big internet pipe but we also dont, we want to moderate what gets through.

I feel like most adults struggle with maintaining boundries on usage let alone kids. I do not like the antagonistic arelationship between child and parent that smartphones naturally create. I think a dumb phone and some other machine "to fill the void" and "to not feel left out" is the correct solution at least for me.

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 12 points 9 months ago

a dumb phone and some other machine "to fill the void"

So a dumb phone and a stationary computer or laptop for internet access...exactly what most millennials grew up with.