A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley

Re:A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge ... by spyckie2 on Saturday October 27, 2018 @12:42PM (#18316496)

Agree with the concerns but disagree that there's a causal relationship in the examples that you've stated.

For instance 7 year olds develop at different paces, there's definitely a lot of 7 year olds without phones who don't know how to have a conversation, and it may be due to lack of practice, not due to excessive screen time - those two may overlap but are not the same thing.

Likewise, an 11 year old who likes minecraft may not be the social butterfly you expect if you take away his access to games.

Agree that phones maybe a potential candidate for social health concerns though.

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Re:A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge ... by dorchadas on Saturday October 27, 2018 @09:05PM (#18318586)

Oh, I agree it's merely anecdotal, but, as a teacher, I've seen the effects. I can easily point out the kids who got their phones younger, as they have less ability to interact with other people and read emotions and such in an appropriate manner. They'd rather text than try to express emotion interpersonally.

And while he might not be tla social butterfly, I don't think it's difficult to say technology access is impacting his ability to develop socially fairly negatively. This is supported by quite a bit of research.

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