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I think the point is, and the evidence strongly supports this, the younger generation can't handle the change either.
by hgomersall 3y ago
I think the point is, and the evidence strongly supports this, the younger generation can't handle the change either.
- vasco 3y agoWhat's the evidence? I googled and found this for example refuting your claim, from just last year (5 year study, 263 people): https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.13851 https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.13851 > Stanford Medicine researchers did not find a connection between the age children acquired their first cell phone and their sleep patterns, depression symptoms or grades.
- another2another 3y agoCan't remember where, but I read an article where it mentioned that by the age of 11 up to 20% of children with smartphones had viewed hardcore porn, and some were regular consumers. Once a child of that age has a smartphone, they pretty much have _unfettered_ access to everything the internet has, or they will quickly find a way to. It only takes one peer (e.g. with older brothers) to turn the whole barrel rotten. As a parent already coming under pressure with an 11 year old, I'm not going to just blindly trust that one Stanford study, and instead listen to fellow parents, their experience and ideas, and above all wait for as long as possible before bowing to the inevitable.
- rescripting 3y agoJust last month the US surgeon general issued a warning on the “profound” risks of child social media use. https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/youth-mental-health/social-media/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/youth-mental-h...
- hgomersall 3y agoHere's a review that suggests some pretty negative effects: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.669042/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.6690...