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Re:Taking away iPhone made daughter a better person by complaintdept on Thursday June 13, 2024 @04:47PM (#40674558)
It's practically considered child abuse these days to not give them a smartphone. I'm only slightly exaggerating. I think kids would be better off without them altogether.
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Re:Taking away iPhone made daughter a better person by nonrandomstring on Thursday June 13, 2024 @04:49PM (#40674586)
What? Giving them the phone. Or not giving them the phone?
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Re:Taking away iPhone made daughter a better person by complaintdept on Thursday June 13, 2024 @05:29PM (#40674999)
Clarified.
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Re:Taking away iPhone made daughter a better person by inglor_cz on Thursday June 13, 2024 @05:00PM (#40674731)
Yes.
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Re:Taking away iPhone made daughter a better person by shiroiushi on Friday June 14, 2024 @02:28AM (#40678071)
Having a way to call for help or contact parents is immensely useful, even if it didn't exist when you were young. (Also, when you were young, there were probably pay phones, but those are gone now.)

Smartphones have many other very useful functions.

The real problem is social media.

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