Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok

menemen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  my siblings managed to keep their kids away from smartphones until 4th grade. And even that was a struggle.

  sadly it just falls into the camp of ‘everyone else is doing it’. and if your kid isn’t they will be socially ostracized.

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  • tamal3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Some kids also get obsessive about phones once they get one, or obsessed with other people’s phones until then.

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• tmcgh@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Do you have any tips? My kids are still pretty young (3 and 2) and I really want to avoid them having acess to these sorts of things.

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  • vimdiesel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    the main thing for you is to stay off your phone as well. Kids watch their parents closely and humans have an in built need for “fairness”, if they see you addicted to it they will never stop wanting to do the same.

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    • tmcgh@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yea, that makes sense. Whenever I’m home from work, I make sure the phone goes on the counter. Thankfully, I’m not into social media all that much.

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      • menemen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I’d add the “have clear rules” concept to this and enforce the rules. Don’t be wishy washy.

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