End the Phone-Based Childhood Now

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/teen-childhood-smartphone-use-mental-health-effects/

by arrowsmith • 2 years ago

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theatlantic.com

arrowsmith• 2 years ago

https://archive.is/ZBCJl

anon373839• 2 years ago

404 page?

janten• 2 years ago

Correct URL is https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/teen-...

Oioioioiio• 2 years ago

Its really unfortunate; This hits the kids from the less interested or less capable parents a lot more than the other kids.

You know the kids who have bad grades and a tv in their rooms vs. kids who have to learn even in holidays.

And due to smartphones being so addictive, you need to have a little bit of smartness to handle them

tempodox• 2 years ago

Non-404 link:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/teen-...

throw_pm232• 2 years ago

I think as with most things, setting an example is the only way.

I knew I wouldn't be able to credibly ask my children not to use a smartphone if I myself was addicted to it.

posix_monad2• 2 years ago

Why?

Adults drink alcohol, drive cars, watch pornography, play violent video games, get tattoos, go skydiving, ...

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Edit: Seems like I wasn't clear enough. I'm saying it's perfectly fine to tell children that different rules apply to them until they are adults.

notRobot• 2 years ago

Yeah, and if your kids see you doing all that you definitely won't be able to stop them from picking up whichever ones they like.

Edit re edit:

Saying different rules apply isn't enough, examples still need to be set. Kids learn from what they see a lot more than what they are told.

spacecadet2• 2 years ago

Great comeback! OP shouldn't have children. But hey Im glad this trend is changing- the unspoken solve for environment is reducing in headcount. Zing!

wenebego• 2 years ago

Im glad no kids do those things trying to emulate older people they've seen doing those things

mcny• 2 years ago

I still believe the best course of action is for most people to CHOOSE to not have children. There is no law that says I have to have children. You can’t put me in prison because I failed to create 2.1 or more children. I want everyone to reject societal expectations and elect (from their own personal choice) to refuse to have children.

Everybody should have a right to have children. As a corollary, everyone has a right to NOT have children. With US society as hostile as ever to parents, We must take a stand.

No more children.

paulryanrogers• 2 years ago

So is it the lack of independence or the phone?

End the Phone-Based Childhood Now

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