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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menemen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I managed to almost completly keep my children away from it. But it is a struggle. So many children at age 8 or 9 have smartphones for fs sake.
tmcgh@lemm.ee 6 months ago
vimdiesel@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
tmcgh@lemm.ee 6 months 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.
menemen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’d add the “have clear rules” concept to this and enforce the rules. Don’t be wishy washy.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
tamal3@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Some kids also get obsessive about phones once they get one, or obsessed with other people’s phones until then.