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| ▲ | smelendez an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| Images are also a huge part of messaging. For memes obviously, but also other communication (here’s the flyer for the event, look what the teacher wrote on my exam, should I get this gift for mom, look what my significant other sent me — what do you think I should say?), etc. |
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| ▲ | HlessClaudesman an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Parents need to weigh potential otracization against the cost of giving a smart device, which could be as high as ending their normal childhood development. Personally I think no phones until 16 is a good rule. |
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| ▲ | kube-system 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Parents need to weigh the potential bad effects of social media against the cost of otracization, which could be as high as ending their normal childhood development. Social development is very critical during school-age years. | |
| ▲ | tokioyoyo an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | Easier to say. Your child will just despise you for willingly making their school life hell. | | |
| ▲ | akramachamarei 18 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | I went through high school until almost 16 with no phone whatsoever. Twas fine. I remember peers around me for the most part had smartphones at the start of high school, maybe even some in middle school? I don't want to say exactly when this was for privacy, but I don't see why phoneless school living could be so disastrous. But then, I am a bit of an oddball and introvert. | |
| ▲ | HlessClaudesman 39 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | I'm living it. They don't despise me, yet. My youngest just spent a rainy afternoon reading books, drawing pictures, and is now breaking out a boardgame, the horror! Hopefully they grow up well adjusted and come to appreciate the sacrifice. Cell phone and social media addictions arn't inevitabilities they are choices. |
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| ▲ | mothballed an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I knew so many kids that got into selling cigarettes, alcohol, or weed because their parents did not want to buy them things that would facilitate social integration. Most optimistically, if you don't give a kid a smart phone then they're going to mow lawns or something and get one and hide it; that scenario isn't really a bad one. |
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| ▲ | esseph an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > Because of the ostracization problem. Kids are ruthless, and failure to conform is swiftly punished. Shocker, but those are probably not the people you are going to give a shit about after you leave school. |
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| ▲ | wizzwizz4 an hour ago | parent [-] | | Shocker, but a lot of psychological damage can be done before you leave school. Do children really not have value, except as far as they become adults? |
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