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A comment on All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed (2011). Parent comment

Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by le-mark on Friday May 11, 2018 @09:03AM (#17046980)
I can see the appeal of this, my kids are too young to roam yet, though. I'd like a smaller form factor though, like a wrist band.
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Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by majewsky on Friday May 11, 2018 @09:19AM (#17047080)
Yeah, on the website, it shows a child carrying this widget in her pants' pocket, and I can immediately picture it falling out of the pocket unnoticed. A wrist band would probably be ideal.
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Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by ryandrake on Friday May 11, 2018 @10:33AM (#17047545)
I can't help but picture a house arrest ankle bracelet. Sadly, given the current state of parent-paranoia, I agree with the others here that this device would probably sell very well.
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Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by r00fus on Friday May 11, 2018 @12:37PM (#17048744)
I concur. All I'd really want actually is a rugged watch with a a) reliable beacon, b) timer and c) possibly limited texting function (which could function as an alert) - in order of priority.
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