Independent Leyton Orient Forum

Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:25 am Mine are too old now but, when they were at that age, smartphones were in their infancy. Personally, I think they are a curse on younger children.

I'd support a ban on all primary-school-age children being allowed to use them. If parents want to be able to call or text their kids then just get them an old fashioned basic mobile.

Long slender neck wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:43 am

Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:25 am Mine are too old now but, when they were at that age, smartphones were in their infancy. Personally, I think they are a curse on younger children.

I'd support a ban on all primary-school-age children being allowed to use them. If parents want to be able to call or text their kids then just get them an old fashioned basic mobile.

Exactly, if the justification is 'need to be in contact with kids' then a cheap dumbphone will do.

I think what its really about Peer pressure and sh*tty apps, games, camera and social media.

I dont see any answer to it except try and get your kids interested in other things and curb youyr own usage- "monkey see, monkey do".

Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:50 am

Long slender neck wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:43 am

Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:25 am Mine are too old now but, when they were at that age, smartphones were in their infancy. Personally, I think they are a curse on younger children.

I'd support a ban on all primary-school-age children being allowed to use them. If parents want to be able to call or text their kids then just get them an old fashioned basic mobile.

Exactly, if the justification is 'need to be in contact with kids' then a cheap dumbphone will do.

I think what its really about Peer pressure and sh*tty apps, games, camera and social media.

I dont see any answer to it except try and get your kids interested in other things and curb youyr own usage- "monkey see, monkey do".

The answer has to be from a health angle.

Social media access can affect anyone's mental health, but for it to be inflicted on children so young is cruel and damaging. Kids can go through enough peer pressure and bullying when they're at school but, thanks to smartphones, they don't even get to escape it when they're at home. And many of these apps are designed to tap into the brain's dopamine response and manipulate the user's behaviour. There's a reason why so many of these tech-billionaires don't let their own children use them.

Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:25 am

I'd support a ban on all primary-school-age children being allowed to use them. If parents want to be able to call or text their kids then just get them an old fashioned basic mobile.

Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:50 am

Long slender neck wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:43 am

Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:25 am Mine are too old now but, when they were at that age, smartphones were in their infancy. Personally, I think they are a curse on younger children.

I'd support a ban on all primary-school-age children being allowed to use them. If parents want to be able to call or text their kids then just get them an old fashioned basic mobile.

Exactly, if the justification is 'need to be in contact with kids' then a cheap dumbphone will do.

I think what its really about Peer pressure and sh*tty apps, games, camera and social media.

I dont see any answer to it except try and get your kids interested in other things and curb youyr own usage- "monkey see, monkey do".

The answer has to be from a health angle.

Social media access can affect anyone's mental health, but for it to be inflicted on children so young is cruel and damaging. Kids can go through enough peer pressure and bullying when they're at school but, thanks to smartphones, they don't even get to escape it when they're at home. And many of these apps are designed to tap into the brain's dopamine response and manipulate the user's behaviour. There's a reason why so many of these tech-billionaires don't let their own children use them.

Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:25 am Mine are too old now but, when they were at that age, smartphones were in their infancy. Personally, I think they are a curse on younger children.

I'd support a ban on all primary-school-age children being allowed to use them. If parents want to be able to call or text their kids then just get them an old fashioned basic mobile.

soloman wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 11:49 am I dont even have one and I despise all what they stand for .

Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:50 am

Long slender neck wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:43 am

Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:25 am Mine are too old now but, when they were at that age, smartphones were in their infancy. Personally, I think they are a curse on younger children.

I'd support a ban on all primary-school-age children being allowed to use them. If parents want to be able to call or text their kids then just get them an old fashioned basic mobile.

Exactly, if the justification is 'need to be in contact with kids' then a cheap dumbphone will do.

I think what its really about Peer pressure and sh*tty apps, games, camera and social media.

I dont see any answer to it except try and get your kids interested in other things and curb youyr own usage- "monkey see, monkey do".

The answer has to be from a health angle.

Social media access can affect anyone's mental health, but for it to be inflicted on children so young is cruel and damaging. Kids can go through enough peer pressure and bullying when they're at school but, thanks to smartphones, they don't even get to escape it when they're at home. And many of these apps are designed to tap into the brain's dopamine response and manipulate the user's behaviour. There's a reason why so many of these tech-billionaires don't let their own children use them.

Pugwash wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 6:39 pm

Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:50 am

Long slender neck wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:43 am

Exactly, if the justification is 'need to be in contact with kids' then a cheap dumbphone will do.

I think what its really about Peer pressure and sh*tty apps, games, camera and social media.

I dont see any answer to it except try and get your kids interested in other things and curb youyr own usage- "monkey see, monkey do".

The answer has to be from a health angle.

Social media access can affect anyone's mental health, but for it to be inflicted on children so young is cruel and damaging. Kids can go through enough peer pressure and bullying when they're at school but, thanks to smartphones, they don't even get to escape it when they're at home. And many of these apps are designed to tap into the brain's dopamine response and manipulate the user's behaviour. There's a reason why so many of these tech-billionaires don't let their own children use them.

2nd & 3rd gen's are being switched off next year. Only smarts will be working so I've heard.

Mick McQuaid wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 7:32 pm A complete ban seems a bit silly to me when they are going to have free access one at some point. Trying to teach sensible use seems better. The games are mindnumbingly awful but probably no worse than me being attached to a Donkey Kong handheld when I was about his age and the voice notes he sends to his friend that is definitely not his girlfriend are quite sweet.

I know everyone (well, almost everyone) wants the best for their kids but the children of parents who follow all the rules on screen time, no processed foods and regular bedtimes after the required 20 minutes of reading are generally awful little shites in my experience.