Comment on "It's Silencing" - Albania Shuts Down TikTok.
Fedditor385@lemmy.world 1 week agoQuite a lot of kids and teenagers have the same reaction to taking away their phone, as addicts have when taking away their drugs. I don’t think education can solve problems that are already affecting peoples mental and physical state. Not giving kids TikTok is same as not giving kids to much sugar. In small doses and controlled yes, but nothing you would give them free unlimited access to.
Petter1@lemm.ee 1 week ago
First of all, how is not giving and not giving too much the same?
Kids aren’t stupid, explain why it is bad/dangerous, best before first install of tiktok. And TikTok is not the only place in the web with shorts, hell even twich has them now. You need to educate your kids before letting the ho into WWW alone.
With a good education, you can get you child rejecting too much sugar on their own, btw.
Fedditor385@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Well, they ain’t smart either… Even adults know better but still many end up in situations that are preventable if you have just some small amount of rational thinking. Also… you first need to know it yourself, to be able to educate your kids. Most parents didn’t grow up with TikTok nor do they use it themselves. How to educate your kids about dangers you yourself don’t know or understand?
Petter1@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Kids are like a white paper, experience is what makes a kid “stupid” / “smart” or just to who they are.
But yea, I agree, that many adults have not the education they would need to educate a kid properly. There should in my opinion be support from society (like with government founding) that ensures parents can get educated enough. The society would profit highly from such efforts, I think, as well educated people can look after themself and are less likely generating costs that society (through taxes) has to pay compared to less educated people.
Fedditor385@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Government can get the similar effect with a ban, without spending a dime. Kids will grow up to be normal people who can actually work, be normal, and pay taxes. Same thing, but cheaper.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Kids aren’t necessarily stupid. But, same as the adults who they grow into, most are.
Petter1@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I refuse to believe that most people are stupid.
Hope you agree that not well educated is not the same as stupid.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Of course. Education has not much bearing on intelligence. I know college educated people who are idiots. I know highly intelligent people who haven’t touched a lick of education past college.