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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
In the past, children who were being bullied at least got respite in the evening and at weekends, but now it's possible they can be got at 24/7.
Keeping kids away from tech would solve a lot of problems, but is nigh on impossible these days. Things are very different to when we were young & at school.
There have been a couple of experiments where schoolchildren have gone 'phone free' for a time and the results were encouraging.
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You can easily block people or unsubscribe from groups etc. No one forces anyone to view or be a part of social media. Where does the responsibility lie?
As for the experiment, out of a class room 1 or 2 coped well without their phones but the majority couldn’t wait to get their phones back. Whether we like it or not they are now part of modern life. We have to take responsibility for ourselves and not shift the blame.
You can’t always blame social media or the internet for those that can’t handle life. There’s always going to be other root causes but you never hear those reasons. But instead it just seems easier to point the blame elsewhere or use it as an excuse for not taking responsibility for ourselves or for your own children.