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Re:What Happens When Your 11-Year-Old Says No to a Smartphone? by philipswood on Monday November 06, 2023 @07:17AM (#38161555)
If you far enough back parents lamented chess.
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Re:What Happens When Your 11-Year-Old Says No to a Smartphone? by philipswood on Monday November 06, 2023 @08:53AM (#38162564)
Found a link for that: https://gizmodo.com/chess-was-once-deemed-a-menace-to-societ...
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Re:What Happens When Your 11-Year-Old Says No to a Smartphone? by j45 on Monday November 06, 2023 @10:42AM (#38164050)
Doubtstorming doesn’t make it legitimate or not

Not really sure how the previous posts relate to social media and mobile use in children which is well established

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Re:What Happens When Your 11-Year-Old Says No to a Smartphone? by philipswood on Monday November 06, 2023 @11:17AM (#38164553)
Agreed.

My kids have restricted mobile and no social media access.

But parents did use to think that comics would ruin their children - I'm responding to the disbelief in that.

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