• 9point6@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I think the thing I’ve seen oft repeated is that if all the other kids have phones too, by depriving your child of one, you’re essentially dooming them to being an outcast of their peers because most socialising happens via the phone.

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      7 months ago

      Given the amount of parents who are happy to buy their kids alcohol and GTA videogames I wonder if the social pressure would vanish overnight.

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        7 months ago

        Oh absolutely not, it would probably need to be a generational change in order for it to stand a chance of being effective, Pandora’s box is already open for the current generation of kids