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minus-squareFlickeringScreens@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down3·2 years agoI think it’s fine for kids to have a phone as long as the parents properly limit their use
minus-squareccunix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·2 years agoIs the sort of parent who gives a 5 year old their own phone going really going to a limit the use? I think the crossover in that Venn diagram is pretty small.
minus-squareGladiusB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoIt is not hard. Just have a family app and you can set an allowance of total and for each app. Takes like 10 minutes to set up.
minus-squareccunix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI know, but my point is that sort of parent has no desire to do so.
minus-squareGladiusB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoEither do I. But it’s better to know what’s going on and putting in the work. Your kids only benefit from it.
minus-squareFlickeringScreens@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agogood point
I think it’s fine for kids to have a phone as long as the parents properly limit their use
Is the sort of parent who gives a 5 year old their own phone going really going to a limit the use? I think the crossover in that Venn diagram is pretty small.
It is not hard. Just have a family app and you can set an allowance of total and for each app. Takes like 10 minutes to set up.
I know, but my point is that sort of parent has no desire to do so.
Either do I. But it’s better to know what’s going on and putting in the work. Your kids only benefit from it.
good point