• scoobford@lemmy.zip
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    7 months ago

    Trying to legislate this is…fucking stupid.

    You don’t want your kids to have a smartphone? Fine. Don’t buy one. Kids dont need phones, bur if you’re worried about them being able to contact you, just get a dumbphone on amazon.

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      7 months ago

      I don’t think I like it, but there is an argument that kids without phones will be ostracized, or students will be expected to have access to phones in school, etc.

      I know even in like 2012 or so some high school classes were expecting students to have phones for quick research and such. I wouldn’t be surprised if that type of thing was moving into lower grades

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      7 months ago

      Or a smart phone and just lock everything you don’t want them to use out.