Re:Surgeon General says 13 is ‘too early’ to join social media
by joshuaheard on Sunday January 29, 2023 @04:00PM
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An as empty-nester who gave their child a phone at 10 years old, I would say make the minimum age for social media 16, just like driving. We gave our child a phone to give her a competitive technology edge and to keep track of her movements for safety. However, social media is like crack cocaine for kids. We found out when we would take her phone away as punishment, and she became a monster. She constantly had FOMO. It's also nearly impossible to limit their screen time while in the possession of the phone. There should definitely be some sort of age restriction, whatever it is.
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Re:Surgeon General says 13 is ‘too early’ to join social media
by IshKebab on Sunday January 29, 2023 @05:14PM
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Have you tried that with adults though?
Re:Surgeon General says 13 is ‘too early’ to join social media
by watwut on Monday January 30, 2023 @03:29AM
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To be fair, adults are isolating themselves. Loneliness epidemic and all, adults dont have all that many relationships that would matter to them that exist outside of institutions they are in - work.
Adults dont use social media to keep communication with friends - they dont have friends. Adults use social medias as newspaper.
Re:Surgeon General says 13 is ‘too early’ to join social media
by mixmastamyk on Sunday January 29, 2023 @05:57PM
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> It's also nearly impossible to limit their screen time while in the possession of the phone
Was this a few years ago before Screen Time on iOS? Or was Android? We have a very locked down ipod touch and it works well most of the time.
Re:Surgeon General says 13 is ‘too early’ to join social media
by gardenhedge on Sunday January 29, 2023 @07:09PM
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The same thing happens when you take a playstation away from a gamer kid