I don't necessarily disagree that phones might be harmful for kids' development.
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I don't necessarily disagree that phones might be harmful for kids' development.
I just don't know if they're nearly as harmful as say, repeated covid infections, a collapsing biosphere, a justifiably bleak vision of their future, or even a prevalent lack of agency, independence, and spaces for socialisation.
I'd focus on those first. Then phones.
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@RedRobyn no I had not. Thank you!
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"WE NEED TO PROTECT THE BRAINS OF OUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN!"
-By making it so they don't repeatedly catch a neurologically damaging infection twice a year by just attending school?
"LOL NO. IT'S THE PHONES, OBVIOUSLY! TAKE THEM AWAY!"
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@pezmico @RedRobyn @ebooksyearn he’s active on mastadon too. I’m hopeful his books gets a US publication in short order. https://ohai.social/@Garwboy
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@pezmico Phones are about as harmful to kids' development as libraries are.
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@pezmico But if we take away the window to the shitstorm world, our kids can stay in our windowless McMansion enjoying the same wealth-supported ignorance we do.
What. We turned out OK. We're good parents. We worked hard to provide. Their C-PTSD *can't* be us.
(/s)
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@pezmico but is it one or the other? COVID infections are somewhat outside our control - if you’re going into a school environment - and the collapsing biosphere is not something individuals have any influence over. But our kids phones? Sure. We really do. So we could definitely do something about that source of harm - personally and individually.
My 26 & 23 yr olds have both said that if/when they have kids they will have no screens available to them: interesting to me to hear
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@JimmyB FYI, there's a lot that can be done to mitigate airbourne infections (including covid) in educational spaces.
COVID Safety For Schools
Resources to help schools keep students and staff safe
COVID Safety For Schools (www.covidsafetyforschools.org)
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