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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 32 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Yeah none of those kids should have cell phones. They should be about old enough to drive before they get one even.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yup. I have kids (three under 10), and the only time my kids use my phone is when I'm literally there with them, letting them pick a video (usually Pat and Mat, Bert and Ernie, or similar). It's not every day, and never more than 30 min, usually like 15-20 min, and we take turns picking.

I'm not letting my kids have their own phone until I trust them with one, and that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon with how many of our other rules they break.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You can type in coherent sentences so it's no surprise your kids don't fall into the reported finding, your kids are off to a better start than average, I presume.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's a depressingly low bar...

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago
[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It's probably iPads but still...

[–] spez_@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

Our schools have banned phones. They need to have the right to destroy phones