I set expectations when she saved up and got the phone – little did I know it would undermine them, and her mental health

I think its not just kids anymore, it’s adults too. Everyone is glued to their screens these days. But kids are more vulnerable to influences from “social” media and don’t have any defences to the psychological warfare going on. Of course they feel like shit.

  • @[email protected]English
    20•6 months ago

    So set fucking limits on the phone? Is ‘all or nothing’ somehow the only option? It’s not hard to set time limits, restrict apps, and generally be involved in your kids lives to help them understand and learn moderation and healthy recognition of bad habits forming. Simply taking shit away also doesn’t help cause there’s no opportunity to make mistakes and learn. Where’s the fucking middle ground?

    Also…

    Everyone is glued to their screens these days.

    What a boomer comment.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•6 months ago

      It’s not a simple story of just taking away the phone.

      I discovered she’d circumvented the screen limits and had been using social media into the wee hours of the morning.

      And later, after she did take the phone away, she found her daughter had kept all old phone that was supposedly sold.

      It does seem to be a pretty extreme case, but there was lots going on here.