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The problem is the kid feeling left out at school when they're the only one without a smartphone and can't participate in their friends' activities.
by mrtesthah 1y ago
The problem is the kid feeling left out at school when they're the only one without a smartphone and can't participate in their friends' activities.
- arcfour 1y ago...and this needs to be solved with a law? Kids feeling left out over something well and truly inconsequentual?
- foobarian 1y agoWho needs laws! Let's also let them all smoke cigarettes too then while we're at it.
- mothballed 1y agoLol you can order a cigar or pipe tobacco on the internet completely legally without any ID check. Most people don't know this. You can do it with wine, too, for the vast majority of the US. It's not really a problem.
- cycomanic 1y agoI suspect you need a credit card though? Can kids sign credit card contracts without parent consent in the US? Moreover just because that laws and regulations are applied inconsistently in the US (and we are talking about Denmark here), does not mean we should completely do away with them.
- mothballed 1y agoNot sure if it's changed but I had a debit card and bank account from age 15 when I started working as a kid. I got it without even involving my parents, not sure if you can still do that now, it was before the KYC stuff ramped up to the nines.
- angiolillo 1y agoNot necessarily a law, but it requires some form of collective action. I highly recommend discussing a smartphone pact such as http://waituntil8th.org http://waituntil8th.org with fellow parents before anyone in their friend group gets a cell phone.
- GaryBluto 1y ago> Find out why smartphones need to be delayed in your home (emphasis mine) Do parents actually fall for this drivel?
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