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Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media by josho on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @09:42AM (#35454007)
Social media is correlated with many negative issues. Like depression, suicide, etc. meanwhile playing sports is correlated with many positive outcomes.

It’ll take some time to prove causation. But I think we have enough evidence to know that curtailing social media will improve lives.

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Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media by naasking on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @10:58AM (#35455336)
Cue the usual correlation and causation caveat. Also, playing sports is not all sunshine and roses. If you're an overweight kid, which is even more common these days, it's hard and can cause feelings of shame and inadequacy.
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