> Teaching kids how to use the technology responsibly and appropriately at an early age seems the exact opposite of "batshit insane" to me. Giving them unrestr

> Teaching kids how to use the technology responsibly and appropriately at an early age seems the exact opposite of "batshit insane" to me. Giving them unrestricted access to phones is not how you do this. That’s like saying that for every kid who wants to eat ice cream for dinner every night, that you’d give them an unlimited supply and “eventually” they’ll figure out why that’s not good (after they’re already morbidly obese and have diabetes). The starting point for a limitation is that they have to be forced into the limit (by the parents setting and enforcing the rules), which mentally creates a baseline of what’s acceptable vs not. Then you can progress into something that’s less restrictive over time, which is where the shifting of responsibility happens.