[Geeek]

I am obviously a bit early, as my oldest is only 7, but my wife and I decided to force ourselves to delay getting our kids (7 & 4) their own media device, such as an iPad and go straight to a laptop when it becomes a necessity in school. My 7 year old, with immense attention issues, is obsessed with reading and being creative, I could not imagine her being at her reading level if she had an iPad or some other form of digital media consumption. I can not imagine how rotten her brain would be if she had access to Tiktok or Instagram.

[zeroonetwothree]

My daughter has an iPad (we limit to 2 hours of screens) but she also loves reading and will read for hours a day.

[Geeek]

Two hours a day?

[SapporoChris]

I take to indicate they're reading physical book and perhaps other physical media.

[eitally]

My 7yo reads voraciously, including on her Kindle. This depends a bit on the kid, but also quite a lot on the household overall.

[rurban]

In Germany kids get it at 13

[nicbou]

That’s a bold statement. It does not match the reality I observe at all.

[threeseed]

We have an entire generation of people i.e. us growing up with computers and TVs.

There is no evidence that it has had any negative effects.

The problem is exclusively with social media. And in particular the way it is having young kids being shaped by adult role models e.g. Andrew Tate, Mr Beast who don't have their wellbeing in mind. And being subjected to adult themed content in volumes we've never seen before.

[asdf000333]

I saw the negative effects of smartphone access firsthand all around me when I was in middle school and the iPhone 3G had come out, which predated influencers. Kids became antisocial.

[skylurk]

I was antisocial in school. It was before phones, and I spent recess reading books. Good times!

[asdf000333]

I was antisocial then became relatively social just because everyone else became even more antisocial. It's like that Simpsons episode where everyone starts acting like Bart, and he realizes the problem with that.