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If one must give their kid a phone it should be a "dumb" phone with pre-programmed numbers. No texting, no internet and no camera.

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From the post: "“I recently attended a forum on screens and adolescence,” says Gemma Martínez, a researcher with the EU Kids Online network at the University of the Basque Country (Spain). “I perceived a new wave of concern focused on the risks of minors; there wasn’t a single moment of discussion about the opportunities that new technologies provide.” This new wave has taken the form of a huge movement with parents organizing in WhatsApp and Telegram groups, US prosecutors suing Meta for “profiting from children’s pain,” concern sparked by news about the teenagers’ anarchic group chats and experts that insist that cell phones are an unspeakable danger for young people."

If one must give their kid a phone it should be a "dumb" phone with pre-programmed numbers. No texting, no internet and no camera. Archive: https://archive.today/JvS5S From the post: "“I recently attended a forum on screens and adolescence,” says Gemma Martínez, a researcher with the EU Kids Online network at the University of the Basque Country (Spain). “I perceived a new wave of concern focused on the risks of minors; there wasn’t a single moment of discussion about the opportunities that new technologies provide.” This new wave has taken the form of a huge movement with parents organizing in WhatsApp and Telegram groups, US prosecutors suing Meta for “profiting from children’s pain,” concern sparked by news about the teenagers’ anarchic group chats and experts that insist that cell phones are an unspeakable danger for young people."

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Yep, that is a valid point. If you are not paying attention to what content your kids are exposed to then you are doing a shit job as a parent.