Comment on ‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood
dunestorm@lemmy.world 8 months agoSmartphones are bad for the mind of developing children; I’d go as far to say as they’re bad in general for adults (but that’s a different topic).
I never had a smartphone when I was a child and I turned out just fine…
HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The world is increasingly more reliant on technology though. When reading/writing was becoming more essential I’m sure many people had the same opinion. What works for one generation won’t necessarily work for the next, the world changes.
I do agree that there should be limits though, a lot of smartphone apps/games are designed in part by psychologists to deliberately exploit young minds that don’t have defenses against them yet