People make problems where there are none. Parents all around me are giving smartphones to their eight year olds without supervision.
replyI have kids and no amount of bullshit is going to convince me this is necessary for social interaction of any kind. If anything the "phone kids" are the weird ones.
People are creating this problem. You can easily, very easily, say "no" to a kid. I pay to keep you bloody alive and I will defend your sanity with everything I got because these kids are our future. Being disliked or "hated" by them is the least of my worries. Are we adults or what?
Sometimes I think there is a severe lack of "adulting" lately. No amount of legislation will fix that.
Well, as I said, we figured out ways to make parents big-r Responsible by applying harsh penalties when they abuse or neglect their children. We spend countless billions on government agenices whose sole purpose is to intervene when parents fail their children. We should use this pre-existing system to deal with the problem of parents allowing their children to use social media.
replyIf you think any attempt at a solve goes immediately to 11, sure, but I hope you believe in nuance or else we’re all lost.
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replyThat is a bold statement to make, and I wonder how many more people would be willing to make the same statement whenever these conversations come up on HN.
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