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‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Kids stood around and stared at their feet before swings were invented, I imagine.

[–] Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think hoops and sticks were big for a while

[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"we're children! we're children! we're children!"

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 4 points 9 months ago

"Pay no attention to Wimp Lo, we purposely trained him wrong... as a joke."

[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I think many worked. On the farm, in mines, in factories. Farmers would intentionally have many children just for extra labor. School hours and breaks are, in part, the way they are to let children work on the farm.