> At this point the harms to children from social media use are very well documented

Our middle child (aged 12) has an Android phone, but it has Family Link on it.

Nominally he gets 60 mins of phone time per day, but he rarely even comes close to that, according to Family Link he used it for a total of 17 minutes yesterday. One comes to the conclusion that with no social media apps, the phone just isn't that attractive.

He seems to spend most of his spare time reading or playing sports...

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edgyquant 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I commend this but I always try to think about the arguments for something like cigarettes. People didn’t buy the argument that parents need to be preventing their kids from smoking

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zobzu 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

most kids dont have parents who care to that degree.

	▲	logifail 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		As part of the unofficial bargain in which we limit screen time I get to spend a big chunk of my spare time driving him (and his siblings) to and from various sports fixtures. Just one of the many joys of parenting :)