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I want my child to be safe online and I want them to be able to communicate with their friends through the medium most children are using. These two things don’t have to be mutually exclusive and I can still be a good parent.
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There’s a bit of a difference between not getting candy, and not having any friends. You’re doing your kid no favours if you think that’s a plus.
If those kids are actually their friends, they’ll make it work.
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If those kids are actually their friends, they’ll make it work.
I can say from personal experience, this is absolute not the case. When everyone is using a service you aren't using, you get left out and you're less able to make friends in the first place. Even if you do manage to make friends, a lot of people won't remember you're the only person they know who isn't able to see the facebook event everyone else is invited to.
It's more shocking to me that parents are giving their kids cards and making them use apps for allowance.
I'm guessing you aren't a parent. How else can they buy those Fortnite skins? Robux? Minecoins?
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Sure, you can give them cash. If the parents aren’t around (e.g. they’re with a babysitter)…they can wait until the parents are around to give them cash.
> …they can wait Well now you can see the point of the product then... it's about giving your children some freedom and responsibility for themselves.
Sounds good, but at the same time they'll miss out on quite a bit of learning that almost everything (that a child might want) can be had if only they beg/negotiate/throw a fit hard enough. Life gives me the impression that in a ruthless-takes-all world the negotiation skills taught by the latter have far more impact than the being reasonable about money skills taught by the former.
(sorry for the sarcasm)
Many posts here questioning why a kid needs/wants a debt card. I think most would be less surprised to know many things kids want to buy are digital, specifically app subs and virtual currency (i.e., robux). Even a 4-year old will be asking for an AppStore gift card to sub to Sago Mini
> why a kid needs/wants Needs and wants are extremely different things. Let's not merge them together.
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> conscientiously objecting to Facebook Does that mean not having a WhatsApp account as well?
Second this. Signal had some momentum with some of my contacts, but unfortunately i think they're all back on whatsapp.
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A lot of oblivious green bubbles in this thread
What is "green bubbles" a reference to? I understand what you mean, I think, I've just not heard that phrase before. Also, totally agree.
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There’s a bit of a difference between not getting candy, and not having any friends. You’re doing your kid no favours if you think that’s a plus.
If those kids are actually their friends, they’ll make it work.