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What is screen time doing to children? Demands grow to restrict young people’s access to phones and social media. (www.economist.com)

submitted 7 months ago by boem to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Parent your kids instead of constantly demanding the government do something. Obviously it's hard, two parents working/single parent working full-time, everything is expensive, shit sucks. But you also signed up to have kids. At least try to do them a solid and raise them well, and stop asking the already too large government to try to come up with some more shit.

[–] slumberlust 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This is just as lopsided and reactionist of a response as government regulated screen time. We already regulate lots of things for children/minors that could be called unnecessary under the umbrella of 'parent better.' Labor, tobacco/alcohol, gambling, etc.

The answer and discussion are nuanced and lumping them into a black and white choose a side debate isn't reality.

[–] abbotsbury 1 points 7 months ago

We can have the government do something and have people raise their kids, it's not either/or.