Who is this person and why should we care about their opinions on this?
Artificially restricting your child from having a phone only makes them less prepared for the world. Think of all the kids who grew up without a computer and now they have no idea how they work and can’t do basic tasks.
The middleground is a phone locked down with parental controls.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
That kid is gonna get bullied in school.
Source: I was that kid, I didn’t have a phone for most of High School, so I didn’t get into groupchats so I basically had no friends for most of highschool. Fun times 🫠
(I mean this “no-smartphone” thing has to be a collective thing across society, you can’t expect this to work if only one parents does this.)
Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I never gave any of my adult daughters cell phones and I don’t plan on giving them to my daughters in grade school either.
Hard pass on my daughters getting dick pics and hanging with the popular kids
When they are old enough to get a job and earn enough to buy one that will be fine with me.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Your just shit parent. I gave all my teen sons Smartphones and at the same time parented my kids and kept track of what they were doing with them. I still pay for 2 of my kids phones. I love it I can track where they are at, and call and text them when I need to. Dumb take “they can pay for them” bet you still be all up in arms of what did on there even if they paid for them. You are going turn you daughters in to unknowlegable and vurable women who will have hard time later in life. All on you trying protect them. Just fucking educate them on the dangers. World scary place deal with it and make sure they are prepared for it.
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 3 days ago
yeah, at the very least a collective thing in a classroom