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Apple shareholders push for study of phone addiction in children

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Post by tlrobinson »

astura wrote: post #102
tlrobinson wrote: post #79

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I don't have kids so I haven't looked into it, but I assumed there would be more games with educational value on iOS than Nintendo. Is curating your kid's apps to only allow such games an option?

What's the point though? The app store is 99% low quality garbage. Sure, you can spend your time and effort searching out the 4-5 high quality gems that may exist and configuring the ipad but it's 10x easier just to buy a Nintendo game and call it a day. Nintendo's first party games are almost always very fun, always high quality, ad free, and always(?) kid friendly. When you buy, for example, a Zelda, Mario, or Kirb…

Maybe "educational" isn't the right word, but as a kid I mostly played games that, in retrospect, had some sort of value beyond pure entertainment (Sim City, The Incredible Machine, etc)

Surely there are blogger parents who do the work to find decent games for kids, educational or otherwise?

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

thomastjeffery wrote: post #82
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #47

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Limiting device usage electronically or physically is a far cry away from snooping on your kids’ browsing or messaging histories. As far as intrusions go, this is a level 0. As a kid, we were limited by technology, so no limits were needed (SMB just wasn’t that replayable, and the TI/99 was even worse). Perhaps the solution to creativity here is to simply give your kids older computers to play with.

If my parents had limited my amount of time spent using a computer or paying video games, I would never have gone down the path that led me to here. I have extended family who have done this, and the difference is palpable.

We restricted our kids computer time and it hasn't stopped them entering the industry.

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Post by watwut »

thomastjeffery wrote: post #82
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #47

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Limiting device usage electronically or physically is a far cry away from snooping on your kids’ browsing or messaging histories. As far as intrusions go, this is a level 0. As a kid, we were limited by technology, so no limits were needed (SMB just wasn’t that replayable, and the TI/99 was even worse). Perhaps the solution to creativity here is to simply give your kids older computers to play with.

If my parents had limited my amount of time spent using a computer or paying video games, I would never have gone down the path that led me to here. I have extended family who have done this, and the difference is palpable.

Many kids act very badly when allowed unlimited play. Aggressive, acts very annoying whenever does not have tablet, refuses to put it down even for homework or any kind of familly activity.

Putting predictable enforced limits goes long way to stop that. It just works and still allows them game time. People tend to relax those rules as kids grow and problems disappear.

I knew multiple people who had trouble later in school because of inability to not play till morning before major test. You really want your child to be able to stop game after a while of playing.

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decebalus1 wrote: post #77
CamperBob2 wrote: post #62

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Yeah, because those are all equivalent. "People who smoke are getting lung cancer. We'd better investigate the carcinogenic properties of tobacco." "People who get too much sun are exhibiting symptoms from melanoma to premature aging. Could this be related to UV exposure?" "People who work with radioactive material are dropping like flies. What the heck's up with that?" "People who consume excessive sugar are experie…

> Kids who spend a lot of time on iPhones are showing signs of decreasing attention spans and cognitive abilities [1]. This may be misdiagnosed as ADHD and then medicated. Yeah, they're fine, you guess. I'll cite you the next time someone brings it up to assure them the kids are fine. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5403814/

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Post by mistercow »

astura wrote: post #109
mistercow wrote: post #98

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I'm not really concerned about the time limit function. But the video also says that it gives you a "report" of how much time your kids are spending on each game, and I think that may go too far. Keep in mind that this isn't just about how good parents can misuse technology in raising their kids. I think people tend to think of "parents" as a group as something different from the individual parents they've actually e…

I really can't understand this comment, the homophobic dad just wouldn't buy my little pony in the first place.

Kids have other ways of obtaining games than their parents buying them. And most kids have more than one parent. And that one example prevents you from understanding my entire comment?

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Post by edwinyzh »

drivebyops wrote: post #61
CaliforniaKarl wrote: post #29

I think it's worth taking a look at the parental controls that Nintendo put in for the Switch. They have a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03bAayBtcb0 I think it's worth watching, if for no other reason than to see Bowser & Bowser Jr.. iOS app link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1190074407 Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nintendo.z... For me, the only annoyance is th…

Silent FaceID can be used to auth every X mins with as a config tbh. Could even work as a blacklist

Wanted to try, but it's not available in the Chinese app store for both iPhone and iPad

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Post by carlmr »

LastZactionHero wrote: post #115
iamthirsty wrote: post #74

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I've recently made an active effort to combat this — now I mind my posture almost obsessively.

What have you done, or what change have you made to keep posture in mind?

Also interested as someone with a bad neck.
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