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Re:What Happens When Your 11-Year-Old Says No to a Smartphone? by satellite2 on Monday November 06, 2023 @12:57AM (#38159358)
Only on HN can everyone miss the parodic aspect to this article.

Context guys, she is a mother of 10 to 12 yo kids. Virtually all she hears about is how to delay or avoid smartphone for her kids. There are many voices that support that the suicide epidemic lived by teen girls is caused by social networks.

It's like the classic everyone is smoking around me and I'm desperately trying to start without success.

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Re:What Happens When Your 11-Year-Old Says No to a Smartphone? by Almondsetat on Monday November 06, 2023 @05:37AM (#38160887)
Sorry for taking an article seriously and reading it with genuine interest thinking it would actually provide some information!
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Re:What Happens When Your 11-Year-Old Says No to a Smartphone? by nolongerthere on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @07:56PM (#38185380)
The context here is that this was written nearly four years ago, the suicide epidemic was just getting started and many refused to even acknowledge the idea that technology could have any part to play in declining child happiness.
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