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The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 8 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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By a variety of measures and in a variety of countries, the members of Generation Z (born in and after 1996) are suffering from anxiety, depression, self-harm, and related disorders at levels higher than any other generation for which we have data.

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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s not bad parenting if cultural norms have shifted in a way to not participate in it would cause you kid to suffer more anxiety and depression from being ostracized from it

[–] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 8 months ago

Bullshit.

I'm a parent. The first time my kid catches flak for not having a smart phone he's going to say exactly what we practiced, "my parents are crazy, they won't let me have one. It's so stupid, I hate them".

The other kids will find something else to pick on even if every kid has a phone. Period. Children are monsters. It's not worth letting your kid's brain rot and have them try to off themselves when they're a teenager because they never had a chance at being well adjusted just to avoid them getting bullied about phones in particular.