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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by soneil on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:09PM (#17596421)
I think it's over-simplifying the issue to blame children for that.

I mean, when I was 12 we built a little fort in the woods. My parents didn't mind letting us disappear with hammer, nails, saw and sandwiches for the weekend, as long as they knew we weren't going alone.

Now there's places where the parent can get in trouble just for letting their kid walk to school. So the kids end up building their fort in minecraft instead of the woods, but I don't think the kids can take 100% of the blame for it.

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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by adamweld on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:23PM (#17596510)
The children shouldn't take any of the blame - that falls on the parents and society that have allowed things to come to this point.

We are faced with technology that is designed to be as addictive as possible, and unleashing it on the developing brains of our children without limits. Personally I think it's absolutely terrifying the effects that we'll be seeing down the road from this.

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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by AgentOrange1234 on Monday July 23, 2018 @08:37PM (#17597222)
Who is unleashing this on kids without limits? It’s quite easy to limit screen time. (Not talking about any parental controls stuff, just “turn that off.”)
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