France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle schools

Re:France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle... by icelancer on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @03:55AM (#15912992)

>The minister said the ban was also a “public health message to families”, adding: “It’s good that children are not too often, or even at all, in front of a screen before the age of seven.”

Citation-fucking-required for this one, with conclusive evidence proving that it's true for all kids under seven. AKA he pulled it out of his ass.

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Re:France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle... by rekado on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @05:28AM (#15913366)

Here's an opinionated overview:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mental-wealth/201402/gr...

It is not even an unreasonable assumption that things that are fine for adults may not be harmless for developing brains. But it seems that---as usual---this topic is poorly understood as there may be confounding factors that are not controlled for.

A counterpoint is given here:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2013/aug/2...

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Re:France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle... by hycaria on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @05:05AM (#15913275)

Why do you seem so angry about this ?

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Re:France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle... by aluhut on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @05:32AM (#15913380)

There is a frightening amount of people having huge problems with the rule on here. I'd guess they are quite young and grew up in this unregulated time, not even knowing what they've missed.

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