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From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens are adjusting to the smartphone ban (gothamist.com)
submitted 4 days ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] pup_atlas@pawb.social 0 points 1 day ago

So the solution is to start from a place of distrust? If you treat children like they’ve already done something wrong, what reason do they have left to behave? It also seems pretty damaging to their development to teach them that being treated this way be default is good or right.

If it’s a problem, sure, take them away. But not even giving them the chance to show some level of responsibility early, even if it’s likely they might not do it, is both lazy, and developmentally damaging.