▲ 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
[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) This is a bad idea for children that are in an abusive household permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bl4kers@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) What's a bad idea? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) To cutoff children from smartphones when they are in an abusive household. So many children are able to identify/get out of their situation using their phone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bl4kers@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago This article seems to be targeted at parents considering when/whether to get their children a device. I have a feeling an abusive parent wouldn't want to do that anyway. So doesn't really seem pertinent permalink fedilink source parent [–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago Given the context, it seems to make sense that they mean it’s a bad idea to withhold smartphones from children in such a situation. I would argue that they don’t need a smartphone specifically, but some means of external communication (a prepaid normal flip phone, for example). permalink fedilink source parent [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Letting children borrow their parents’ phone? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bl4kers@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) What's a bad idea? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) To cutoff children from smartphones when they are in an abusive household. So many children are able to identify/get out of their situation using their phone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bl4kers@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago This article seems to be targeted at parents considering when/whether to get their children a device. I have a feeling an abusive parent wouldn't want to do that anyway. So doesn't really seem pertinent permalink fedilink source parent [–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago Given the context, it seems to make sense that they mean it’s a bad idea to withhold smartphones from children in such a situation. I would argue that they don’t need a smartphone specifically, but some means of external communication (a prepaid normal flip phone, for example). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) To cutoff children from smartphones when they are in an abusive household. So many children are able to identify/get out of their situation using their phone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bl4kers@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago This article seems to be targeted at parents considering when/whether to get their children a device. I have a feeling an abusive parent wouldn't want to do that anyway. So doesn't really seem pertinent permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bl4kers@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago This article seems to be targeted at parents considering when/whether to get their children a device. I have a feeling an abusive parent wouldn't want to do that anyway. So doesn't really seem pertinent permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago Given the context, it seems to make sense that they mean it’s a bad idea to withhold smartphones from children in such a situation. I would argue that they don’t need a smartphone specifically, but some means of external communication (a prepaid normal flip phone, for example). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Letting children borrow their parents’ phone? permalink fedilink source parent