▲ 81 ▼ Carmen Osorio, expert in technology addiction: ‘It’s not a good idea to give children a smartphone; in any case, you let them borrow yours’ (english.elpais.com) submitted 2 years ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 69 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) Do me a favor and explain how that would work, assuming 24 hours in a day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jonne@infosec.pub 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Screen isn't on the whole time, you can fast forward, etc. Not that I think it's healthy to be spying on what your kids do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) We don't let our kids speak to strangers in the park unless we are in earshot. They still would have complete privacy in face-to-face interactions with actual friends. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, that's the thing, those apps don't really give kids the sort of privacy we enjoyed as kids. It's probably better to limit access to safe apps or something like that, depending on age. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sqgl@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago* ⏩ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jonne@infosec.pub 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Screen isn't on the whole time, you can fast forward, etc. Not that I think it's healthy to be spying on what your kids do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) We don't let our kids speak to strangers in the park unless we are in earshot. They still would have complete privacy in face-to-face interactions with actual friends. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, that's the thing, those apps don't really give kids the sort of privacy we enjoyed as kids. It's probably better to limit access to safe apps or something like that, depending on age. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) We don't let our kids speak to strangers in the park unless we are in earshot. They still would have complete privacy in face-to-face interactions with actual friends. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, that's the thing, those apps don't really give kids the sort of privacy we enjoyed as kids. It's probably better to limit access to safe apps or something like that, depending on age. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, that's the thing, those apps don't really give kids the sort of privacy we enjoyed as kids. It's probably better to limit access to safe apps or something like that, depending on age. permalink fedilink source parent