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EE warns parents against giving children under 11 a smartphone (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In my opinion, social media is a bigger problem than smartphones in general. For me a smartphone is a just a tool that can be both incredibly useful but also very harmful.

With a bit of knowhow, you can neuter a smartphone so kids can't access social media, games, and other distracting mediums. No social media apps, no browser access, no YouTube, no games. But they can still access useful functions like calculators, the torch, phone calls and messages, etc. Android and iOS both have features allowing parents to do this.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago

I think that this is somewhat besides the point. Give a smartphone to a teenager, and block all social media, and one of two things is going to happen:

They don't use the phone, because the only reason they wanted it was social media.
They find a way around your social media block, because the only reason they wanted it was social media.