[quailfarmer]

I’d amend that to “never buying them a smart phone”. There’s nothing particularly addictive about texting with friends, and while there’s certainly still mischief associated with that, it’s not the kind of brain-fry that’s most worrying to me.

I hear this idea that not having social media will “isolate” kids from their peers, but will it? I’m not sure how you would use TikTok to interact with your classmates, given it’s a global app.

[arresin]

Hmm so they’re the weird kid with a dumb phone as a teen?

The answer is not as easy as much as we would wish it was.

[lrvick]

I grew up as the weird kid. This was great as I learned it is okay to not be like everyone else. Why are we so obsessed with making kids that fit in with all the brain rotted masses.