I don't necessarily disagree that phones might be harmful for kids' development.
I just don't know if they're nearly as harmful as say, repeated covid infections, a collapsing biosphere, a justifiably bleak vision of their future, or even a prevalent lack of agency, independence, and spaces for socialisation.
I'd focus on those first. Then phones.
@dragonsidedd @dalias @pezmico right that affects their privacy though, not their development.
And I’m old enough to remember that librarians had to fight for our privacy because our government thought they should be able to track what we do in the library.
The only reason they can’t is because librarians fought for our privacy and they would literally refuse to turn over information even when they were supposed to. The REAL resistance. ❤️
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