What's the right age to get a smartphone?
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Re: What's the right age to get a smartphone?
#2> In particular, while there is no overarching evidence showing that owning a phone or using social media is harmful to children's wellbeing in general
I suppose if you don't look for something, it's impossible to find
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#3I don't think anyone under 120 is responsible enough for a smartphone.
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#4It depends. If your child age 12-16 years shows interest in programming. Purchase all the smartphones for them to learn to code. Or a raspberry pi.
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#5It depends. If your child age 12-16 years shows interest in programming. Purchase all the smartphones for them to learn to code. Or a raspberry pi.
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#6It depends. If your child age 12-16 years shows interest in programming. Purchase all the smartphones for them to learn to code. Or a raspberry pi.
A smartphone to learn how to code? Not sure if sarcastic....
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#7It depends. If your child age 12-16 years shows interest in programming. Purchase all the smartphones for them to learn to code. Or a raspberry pi.
Good call, by the time they reach retirement age they'll have a hello world program typed in.
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#8> In particular, while there is no overarching evidence showing that owning a phone or using social media is harmful to children's wellbeing in general I suppose if you don't look for something, it's impossible to find
Define “social media” first. If we’re going for media that have a social component, Minecraft is one.
If you’re only thinking about two or three specific services, you’re probably only imagining the worst examples.
Re: What's the right age to get a smartphone?
#9It depends. If your child age 12-16 years shows interest in programming. Purchase all the smartphones for them to learn to code. Or a raspberry pi.
A smartphone to learn how to code? Not sure if sarcastic....
Might not be the most straightforward way, but not so far fetched either. I personally got interesting by writing small programs on a HP48, I’d imagine people getting hooked either from small algorithmic games, or writing shortcuts/automations.
Re: What's the right age to get a smartphone?
#10I don't think anyone under 120 is responsible enough for a smartphone.
The counterpoint would be to treat it like money: you don’t want to isolate a kid from it for 20 years and throw them in the ocean to learn to swim when they’re ready. Getting used to it and making mistakes while the amounts are small and reparable is a better way to make sure they don’t screw it when they’re “grown up” and supposed to be responsible.