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Re:The growing body of evidence that digital distraction is ... by irrational on Monday January 08, 2018 @04:35PM (#16100827)
So, there is no rule that you have to give your kids a smartphone. It won't screw them up no matter what those already addicted to their phones will tell you.

Our rule is the kids can have a smart phone when they can buy it and a data plan on their own. So far our first didn't do that until she was 18. The second was a little earlier at 17, but she was heading off to college and really felt that she needed it. Our 16 year old so far shows no interest in trying to save up for one.

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Re:The growing body of evidence that digital distraction is ... by chasd00 on Monday January 08, 2018 @04:43PM (#16100912)
a buddy of mine has a good setup. His teens have phones, ipads, and the like but he has every charger. Inevitably they have to hand the device over for power and then he decides on when to hand it back.
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Re:The growing body of evidence that digital distraction is ... by irrational on Monday January 08, 2018 @05:44PM (#16101505)
I just checked Amazon and even for an apple device the charger and cable will be less than $10 (knock-off brand). Or, they could just use their friends' chargers. That is so easy to get around that I assume your friend's kids turn in their devices on occasion just so he doesn't wise up and put more onerous restrictions in place.
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