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Parents are teaming up to delay their children's first cell phone (english.elpais.com)

submitted 11 months ago by haxor@derp.foo to c/hackernews@derp.foo

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[–] V0lD@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's certainly an opinionated title

I don't see how not giving young kids access to rapid content social media is a bad thing

[–] Lautrebeacon@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

The "digital literacy" argument feels valid to me: don't bar them from cellphones forever, control their exposure and make it about learning rather than endless scrolling social media