Suicide Rates Are Up for Gen Z Across the Anglosphere, Especially for Girls

Re:Suicide Rates Are Up for Gen Z Across the Anglosphere, Es... by em-bee on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:09PM (#38872295)

not really. with a landline my kids could call their friends on their own. now they have to use my phone, or i have to get them a phone of their own. i don't like either choice.

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Re:Suicide Rates Are Up for Gen Z Across the Anglosphere, Es... by 23B1 on Saturday January 06, 2024 @03:52AM (#38889761)

then reinstall the landline and ditch the cellphones

this isn't hard

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Re:Suicide Rates Are Up for Gen Z Across the Anglosphere, Es... by em-bee on Saturday January 06, 2024 @11:24AM (#38892697)

not as easy as you think. it really depends on where you are. some places don't even offer landlines anymore, and this will only increase. i am not thinking about right now, but in the future landlines will be gone completely, so this is not a viable solution.

besides you have to consider that all the other kids will not be limited to such a phone.

we need to create communication tools that are "safe" but that kids actually like to use too.

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Re:Suicide Rates Are Up for Gen Z Across the Anglosphere, Es... by 23B1 on Saturday January 06, 2024 @04:09PM (#38895503)

TIL there's people who've never heard of VOIP phones

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Re:Suicide Rates Are Up for Gen Z Across the Anglosphere, Es... by em-bee on Saturday January 06, 2024 @06:38PM (#38896758)

you are not addressing the second part of my comment.

a voip phone won't solve that either.

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