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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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[–] • 2 pts

Wrong question. The devices themselves have nothing to do with it. It's the content people allow their children to watch and listen to. The social media they allow them to be on. And the fucktard parents are even worse than the kids. They have no discipline themselves and therefore do not know how to teach discipline.

This new wave has taken the form of a huge movement with parents organizing in WhatsApp and Telegram groups

The hipocracy... Kids are fucking retards today and it seems to be everyone and everything's fault except the parents. Weird...

[–] • 1 pt

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.

[–] • 1 pt

Bingo!

As one who has worked with and within the CX and UX fields, it is all a distinct genre of propaganda and its purpose is the consumption of products. Now, 'products' can be good for you or they can be informational packets designed to make one think in certain patterns, or use services a particular way. Think 'Hegelian Dialectic" in a digital format, but the Problem/Reaction/Solution is solely how to increase the profit margin.

The problem is indeed the content that is being consumed COMBINED and exacerbated with a lack of critical thinking skills. Kids aren't being taught the basics of critical thought and how to think, only what to think. Though, it does appear that there are more awakenings on how much stupidity there is that we have to deal with: federal reserve and why do we owe them interest, politicians being completely and utterly out of touch and cringe when they try, racial guilt the the point of absurdity and utter hypocrisy. These ideals are not sustainable in the White hive mind.