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> Know that you are helping them just like our parents were when they made us eat vegetables (which you know, are actually pretty darned good - thanks, Mom). "
by balls187 5y ago
> Know that you are helping them just like our parents were when they made us eat vegetables (which you know, are actually pretty darned good - thanks, Mom). "
"Eat your vegetables" is hardly the right analogous situation to cellphone use.
I can't imagine what my life would be like if my parents instead decided not to buy a PC (circa 1994), nor have the internet because of all the bad things that a child could be exposed to via the internet.
- mixmastamyk 5y agoSocial media surveillance != PC literacy. http://coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/ http://coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-comput...
- balls187 5y agoExactly. Prohibiting access to smart phones to prevent social media surveillance is like prohibiting access to computers to prevent accessing pornography.
- mixmastamyk 5y agoIn your metaphor, the bad actors are inverted. Few here are arguing for prohibition as well.
- balls187 5y agoExcept the commenter I quoted and directly replied too...