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      108 months ago

      You shouldn’t need a law, but the reality is that you simply can not control it. Your kid will interact with other kids and most will have access to a smart phone.

      There absolutely needs to be a law of some kind

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        168 months ago

        How about we create some data and privacy laws that benefit everyone and this will benefit now and for their whole life.

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          78 months ago

          Yeah, that would be nice too, but do you honestly see that happening either? I don’t. And for that Matter: there are more problems with children having unlimited access to media through irresponsible parents than just data and privacy not being respected.

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          68 months ago

          Should we remove gambling and drug access restrictions for youths? After all, parents can just parent around it.

          Like all things, there’s moderation to consider. It’s fine to debate if this is too far, but to simple blame parents for being lazy or unwilling to parent is short sided.

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          68 months ago

          Why are you all so fucking aggressive? How fuck it’s annoying me to the point to not even wanting to participate at all. How about some civility? Can you imagine how a nice discussion there could be? Ffs

          I know I can limit what my child might see on their phone, but there are other children and other phones and you just can’t regulate like you want to.

          Internet safety would be one concern but not all. It’s not that simple like you make it out to be.

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              48 months ago

              Yeah, well, sorry. I was annoyed by people being unreasonable and either jumping to conclusions or not really interested in a constructive discussion. What’s the point in trying to have a discussion if there is nobody really trying?

              I’ll just leave it at that.

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      78 months ago

      If they don’t create a new law then how will these parents impose their parenting on other families?

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      58 months ago

      Honestly I would appreciate if they banned phone manufacturers from forcing Facebook, X, and other bullshit onto your phone. Making people go out and get it is one of the many intended barriers.

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      58 months ago

      The question then would be if it might cause other problems. A lot of places are moving to e-learning, for example, and might expect the students to have internet access of some form or other.

      Whether that be in the form of smartphone apps/websites, or through a laptop that the school provides, at which point, it’s basically the same thing, especially if peer pressure puts them on social media or some such.