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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
He recognises how difficult things are for parents and says the fundamentals are:
-No smartphone until they are 14.
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An arbitrary figure, I chose when they went to secondary school.
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Smartphones to be banned in schools.
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They’re Already banned in most schools, in mine they’re allowed to have them on their person but they’re not allowed to take them out whilst on school premises
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No social media until the age of 16 with legislation to enforce this if possible
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Depends what how you classify “social media” Mine only use WhatsApp and Roblox But watches YouTube.
Legislation to enforce a ban of u16 is unworkable
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Give them more independence & freedom in the real world
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ironically having the phone is what makes me comfortable to give them more independence, as I can see where they are and contact them as and when required.
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His experiments show that adopting these norms are the best way for parents to fight social addiction and give them back a normal childhood:
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What’s normal?
The childhood I had, or any adult had, is very different to childhood now for lot’s of reasons. Having a smartphone is “normal” for todays kids.