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It is troubling just how many intelligent, educated parents I see are perfectly happy to give children and babies a tablet or phone to placate them. On the oth
by flfdslkfdsla 3y ago
It is troubling just how many intelligent, educated parents I see are perfectly happy to give children and babies a tablet or phone to placate them.
On the other hand, have you thought about the difficulties of handling this as a principled parent?
You can either turn your child into a social pariah during key developmental years, or spend hours of your and their lives trying to regulate a device that is designed to capture and waste your attention (something I personally rejected as an equal waste of my time and effort, when I took my journey to no smartphone), or do what almost every other parent does, and just give your kids a smartphone.
- jclardy 3y agoI think the problem likely goes deeper - most of the parents are likely smartphone addicted already, so they see no issue with it. Or they may see the issue with their child's usage of a phone, but they justify their own constant need for using a phone with it being "for work" or what have you and the child is just following in their example as they constantly see them pulling out their phone. I'm not a parent yet, and I don't have any answers..but as a 90's kid I can't imagine what it is like now growing up with access to all the world's information in your pocket.
- KineticLensman 3y agoI recently saw my niece with her six month old child. Obviously the baby doesn't have a phone yet, but they seemed fascinated by their mum's obvious interest in her phone.
- arp242 3y ago> I can't imagine what it is like now growing up with access to all the world's information in your pocket. "All the world's information" isn't really the problem; it's having all the world's bullshit, vitriol, manipulation, and general madness in your pocket.