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robertlagrant 3 days ago

> This time is no different, hysterical parents

How do you know this?

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skeezyboy 3 days ago | parent [-]

because it it were so toxic to health the parents themselves would stop using them

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robertlagrant 3 days ago | parent [-]

This seems to forget the difference between adults will fully-developed brains, and children who are still forming. I hope you'd agree with the principle through this analogy: an adult who looks at pornography would not want to show their child pornography.

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skeezyboy 3 days ago | parent [-]

> I hope you'd agree with the principle through this analogy: an adult who looks at pornography would not want to show their child pornography.

but its nothing like pornography. were talking about "screen time" which is a vague generic idea, just the same as "social media" encompasses pretty much any major tech companies website/app instead of actual mediums for socializing like IRC, forums etc that were around for decades prior just never called that

	▲	robertlagrant 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		But you agree with the principle that parents doing things they don't let their kids do is not evidence that the thing would be fine for their kids.