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Well my youngest (13 year old) daughter uses it for Google classroom scheduling at school, transport status (TFL), payments, online banking, checking weather, t

by cjk2 2y ago

Well my youngest (13 year old) daughter uses it for Google classroom scheduling at school, transport status (TFL), payments, online banking, checking weather, taking photos and editing them, tracking her running and cycling, listening to music etc... While not essential for any of these, it's a tool which you can leverage for all of these to improve things. Edit: not to mention the iPad+apple pencil which is just another way of creating art...

averageRoyalty 2y ago
Absolutely agree these things are useful, and extremely convenient to have in a single device. However none of them are essential, and I'm not convinced any of the benefits of these conveniences outweigh ingraining this device dependance on children at critical habit forming points of their lives. Note that the trend of how addicted to their phone they are seems to directly correlate to their exposure when they were young. Boomers+: Barely at all Gen X: A bit Gen Y: A real problem Gen Z: I'd be surprised if 5/100 can watch a full length movie without looking at their phone If you consider at what point in life each group gained access to engaging modern tech, there is a clear correlation. Causation is a reasonable path to follow here, and it much too likely to risk young childrens exposure - in my opinion.