Comment on EE warns parents against giving children under 11 a smartphone

• todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t follow. Wouldn’t a limited-purpose device be easier to restrict than a general-purpose device?

  Look at the Nintendo Switch. If there was ever an Internet-connected device to give your kids, it’s a Switch. I have never heard of anything untoward happening to a child on Nintendo’s online platform.

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  • Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A Quest is an overpowered smartphone strapped to your face, with all the capabilities of such. You can restrict a smartphone too, but how many parents actually have that level of technical inclination? It’s better to limit the youngest minds’ times on these devi es until they’re a bit older, and you’ve had more time to teach them important life skills. Also, parents teach your kids important life skills from an early age, please.

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    • todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think we actually agree, maybe just a misunderstanding.

      I don’t believe that parental controls actually stop most kids from doing things they shouldn’t, and I think these devices are bad for a growing mind compared to real world human experiences.

      I think I misunderstood you earlier thinking you said that smartphones were easier to agree to giving children over a VR headset, because a VR headset is only for gaming. I think we both agree that they are bad.

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      • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Children will be raised initially by an expanded roomba with arms amd a babysitting AI.

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