> "The more important point here is that believing techie parents have secret insider knowledge about the harmful effects of children’s technology usage reinfor

> "The more important point here is that believing techie parents have secret insider knowledge about the harmful effects of children’s technology usage reinforces the dangerous myth that techies are always the smartest people in the room — and that the more technical they are, the more wide-ranging their expertise." This is a strawman argument. The point is that the people closest to the genesis, application, development, and conversations around tech, are in a particularly unique position to understand its effects (the very effects that were designed to happen). It's not that we think developers are superhuman and have secret knowledge. It's that the ones in question have designed platforms to specifically addict its users, and if these same people are not allowing their kids to use the technology, that speaks volumes.