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Calls for smartphone-free childhood grow in Britain (www.straitstimes.com)

submitted 7 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm amazed this is even controversial. My parents didn't get me my first cellphone until I was in the 8th grade, and it was a flip phone. I didn't get my first smartphone until the 10th grade, and it was a Blackberry. My first Android wasn't until I was almost finished highschool. And I turned out just fine.

[–] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 7 months ago

The only reason it's controversial is because parents do not take responsibility for their children.

It seems like the big hangups are parents unwilling to face social backlash ("but all the other kids have phones") and parents trying to justify their lack of effort with their kids (setting a device in front of the kid to shut them up). Ironically these two groups are willing to throw all the effort they don't put into raising their children into defending their bad behavior.