Re:Taking away iPhone made daughter a better person
by em-bee on Friday June 14, 2024 @01:13AM
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Harmful effects of social media notwithstanding, it's not just about the phones. Reaching for your phone is an example of what psychologists refer to as avoidance behaviours
avoid what exactly?
that needs to be qualified. do they avoid talking to their friends in school? do they avoid facing the fact that they have no friends?
or are they using it because their friends are doing it as well? what are they avoiding then?
and and let's not brush aside those harmful effects. some kids may use the phone to avoid facing things that feel worse, but as others mentioned, so do people using drugs or alcohol. the problem is that the harmful effects of the phone/social media are much much less obvious, so many more kids are at risk. drugs and alcohol are so much easier to avoid.
avoid what exactly?
that needs to be qualified. do they avoid talking to their friends in school? do they avoid facing the fact that they have no friends?
or are they using it because their friends are doing it as well? what are they avoiding then?
and and let's not brush aside those harmful effects. some kids may use the phone to avoid facing things that feel worse, but as others mentioned, so do people using drugs or alcohol. the problem is that the harmful effects of the phone/social media are much much less obvious, so many more kids are at risk. drugs and alcohol are so much easier to avoid.