Comment on Two months into the social media ban, a teenager says it's 'useless'
Canconda@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Completely expected that teens closer to 16 would be able to bypass it. Same thing happens with alcohol and people almost of age. But I expect younger children cannot bypass so easily so it’s still a net positive.
IMO the more productive solution is to restrict cellphone use during school. They’ve recently done that in my area and both students and faculty have positive responses.
Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 day ago
That’s not a solution to this problem, though. It’s definitely an important change for the quality of education, but if kids still have unlimited access to their phones between ~3 PM and whenever they fall asleep + unlimited access on Saturdays and Sundays then it’s not doing much to rewire their brains or keep them safe.
itsathursday@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If only they had adults that were guarding them in some legal capacity to avoid this behaviour or something
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Having a law the adults can point to helps them enforce boundaries. That’s what the social media ban was meant to be about