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How can we protect kids from the harms of social media without sacrificing everyone's privacy? (piefed.ca)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That's the tack I'm taking. My eldest goes to high school next year and most of his peers are automatically getting a smartphone at that point. He'll be 13. He can forget it. A dumb phone at a push, for safety. That's it.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I like "if you want a phone you can buy one". If the kid's up to getting and keeping a job long enough to save for a phone and service, good for them, they just proved they should be treated that much more like an adult. If not, then hey. Something to work towards

    I had a dumbphone at 14, but back then we just called them phones and I was definitely in the 1% for having it. Wasn't talking to my parents, bought it and a car to sleep in with drug money. Everyone grows up at a different pace

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