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Re:France bans smartphone use in schools by chpmrc on Thursday August 02, 2018 @10:04AM (#17671433)
How about educating kids on the proper use of such powerful tools, including the concepts of FLOSS (and, in general, how to question and think critically)? TV is not the problem, having more kids watching Jersey Shore rather than some good documentaries is.
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Re:France bans smartphone use in schools by Molaxx on Thursday August 02, 2018 @02:12PM (#17673933)
It's hard, these apps are built by a huge amount of people to maximize attention hogging and addiction. Fighting addiction without going cold turkey is nearly impossible. Awareness usually doesn't help. Further more, it is hard teaching people to think critically while their faces are stuck to their phone.
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Re:France bans smartphone use in schools by tjr225 on Thursday August 02, 2018 @10:19AM (#17671551)
I agree that we should be educating children on healthy device usage. However, having a computer in your pocket that is connected to the internet 24/7 is an entirely different beast than any other mode of entertainment.
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