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Study reveals some teens receive 5,000 notifications daily, most spend almost two hours on TikTok | Kids officially don't like Facebook (www.techspot.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I want my kids to have the tools they need to succeed, and I realize a smartphone has nearly become essential at a certain age, but they also control the lives of many people. Technology is an amazing tools, but it has been designed to be highly addictive. Kids have enough problems to deal with, and I don’t want to make things harder for them.

—- edit —- I suppose what I’m really trying to say is that I want my children to first learn healthy habits.