Daniel Durrans@neil Call me someone who doesn't have kids, but if parents want an outright ban on social media or an overnight curfew then isn't that something they could do themselves?
LastOfThem@dan @neil Technically, yes, but social dynamics are important. If your kid is *the only kid in the entire class* who isn't allowed on social media, they will risk getting isolated. So as a parent you constantly have to navigate this minefield where you want to help your kid develop healthy social relationships. Society making the right choices helps with that. Schools having sensible policies and enforcing existing regulation (hate speech, doxxing, deepfakes, etc) go a long way, though.
kæt@lastofthem @dan @neil I don't agree with such a ban, but I do agree with this take.
Our kid hasn't had a smartphone when most of the class had -- throughout growing up -- and the increasing regulation of them makes this easier to justify and reduces isolation.
They do have access to messaging, etc, from a computer in a shared space, and can now SMS and call on their brick-phone in private. We let them post in some forums, where we've checked out the vibe.
Digital independence is like other kinds. It comes in dribs and drabs as they mature, brick by brick.
Not a fan of the Westminster Set interfering with that process with their size tens, though.