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tardigrada@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

Carmen Osorio, expert in technology addiction: ‘It’s not a good idea to give children a smartphone; in any case, you let them borrow yours’

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Carmen Osorio, expert in technology addiction: ‘It’s not a good idea to give children a smartphone; in any case, you let them borrow yours’

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tardigrada@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years ago
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She advocates for prohibiting the use of phones with internet capabilities to those under 16, and states that the best parental control is, precisely, the parents
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    This is a bad idea for children that are in an abusive household

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      Letting children borrow their parents’ phone?

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      What’s a bad idea?

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        To cutoff children from smartphones when they are in an abusive household. So many children are able to identify/get out of their situation using their phone

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          This article seems to be targeted at parents considering when/whether to get their children a device. I have a feeling an abusive parent wouldn’t want to do that anyway. So doesn’t really seem pertinent

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