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Social media use on the rise among Australian under-16s after ban: data

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Re: Social media use on the rise among Australian under-16s after ban: data

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Nature finds a way :-p Also, who allows their 10-12yr old children to use TikTok, Instagram or Snapchat, FFS!

Do you think parents have a say in it? Kids find a way. Kids just don't understand the effects that it has on them

Of course they have a say in it. It’s bordering on neglect to give a 10 year old that junk.

Re: Social media use on the rise among Australian under-16s after ban: data

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LOL - I remember saying this would not be something that could be policed, and a bunch of my fellow countrymen tut-tutting at me saying things like “it’s the thought that counts”, etc. Now it’s gone underground and it’s worse than ever. Meantime, there are kids in high schools across the nation who can’t watch World War II documentaries on Youtube because that’s considered “restricted content”. You can’t make this sh…

It isnt worse than ever. Read the article, usage is down overall since the ban.

Re: Social media use on the rise among Australian under-16s after ban: data

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post #9

Nature finds a way :-p Also, who allows their 10-12yr old children to use TikTok, Instagram or Snapchat, FFS!

Do you think parents have a say in it? Kids find a way. Kids just don't understand the effects that it has on them

You enable parental control on the phone before you give it to your kid. Then you can easily manage allowed applications/web sites and screen time.

Re: Social media use on the rise among Australian under-16s after ban: data

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post #9

Nature finds a way :-p Also, who allows their 10-12yr old children to use TikTok, Instagram or Snapchat, FFS!

Do you think parents have a say in it? Kids find a way. Kids just don't understand the effects that it has on them

As the father of two children who grew up with the Internet, which I restricted for them, and grandfather of five, one of which is 13, I would say yes, parents always have the ultimate say in it.

A child shouldn't even have a smartphone IMO.

Re: Social media use on the rise among Australian under-16s after ban: data

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post #9

Nature finds a way :-p Also, who allows their 10-12yr old children to use TikTok, Instagram or Snapchat, FFS!

Do you think parents have a say in it? Kids find a way. Kids just don't understand the effects that it has on them

>Kids just don't understand the effects that it has on them

Neither does anybody else since it's not settled science. And even then it's questionable how much you can trust the science due to the replication crisis.

My parents believed that sitting too close to the TV ruined my eyesight, rather than it being an indicator that I needed glasses.

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