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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Parents turn to smartwatches for their children amid global phone screen-time pushbackEnglish
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    3 days ago

    you can’t possibly compare your experience from 20 years ago to what children can experience online today.

    I know what was going on online then because I was around your age now then.

    I’ve been where you were. I was on forums and BBSs when I was 12. Had my parents knew what I was doing at 12, they would have stopped it immediately.

    I had a GF online at 13 years old. she was 20. know how fucked up that shit is?

    today, that kind of shit is even more prevalent. So no, at least for my kids, they won’t get phones or smart watches or tablets that they can take into their rooms. alone. at night.

    being able to communicate does not require access to a personal device. I have a house phone, I have a PC available to them. I block all major social media platforms on the network. by allowing a device the ability to circumvent those protections I have put in place, I only negate my own hard work.