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by swiftcoder 14 days ago
> No need to be a Luddite, but what do kids possibly get out of a phone?

In far more cases than is ideal, the phone gives them an element of freedom/safety from their living situation.

Imagine a kid whose own parents are abusing them, or an LGBT kid growing up in a deeply conservative family, and one day the government suddenly decides you don't deserve being able to connect with support resources...

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There's more than social media for that.....