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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 watwut on Friday May 11, 2018 @09:49AM (#17047252)
> If not, they learn actions have consequences.

Those consequences may mean that everyone is looking for them whole night. Or severe injury. Or you having to deal with cops due to trespassing.

Or that they will bully other kids and you won't be there to learn it happened and deal with it.

There are consequences as in "teacher is angry for 5 minutes" and then there are consequences.

Also, if my kid would intentionally loose devices like that, that kid would have less freedom and later then the kid I could trust.

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Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by creep on Friday May 11, 2018 @10:51AM (#17047680)
What are you gonna do as a parent with a little handheld device to ensure your child isn't bullying anyone? What an odd worry.
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Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by watwut on Friday May 11, 2018 @12:01PM (#17048382)
Why is that odd worry and what it has to do with the device?
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Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by spdionis on Friday May 11, 2018 @11:11AM (#17047830)
The only truly problematic thing from those you listed is severe injury, and I would add it is the less common.
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Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by watwut on Friday May 11, 2018 @12:00PM (#17048371)
Uhm, how is "everyone is looking for a child whole night" not problem? You have inconvenienced multiple people a lot. Not just the kid. This happen twice and the kid is not going out alone next year.

Similar with bullying and worry about potential bad influence group.

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