Anyone else think this is fake ? I mean, 11 years old can have that level of thinking ? Or maybe I m missing something ?
Eleven-year-olds are often very sensible. Stupidity sets in a couple of years after that age, according to my observations.
When Your 11-Year-Old Says No to a Smartphone
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#52I read a report recently on predictions for Generation Alpha, i.e. the generation after Generation Z (in turn the generation after the Millennial Generation) very roughly born after 2010. One of the predictions was that they would be both "digital masters" but also "the new old fashioneds" that would be looking to break away from technology more, perhaps as a result of feeling neglected by parents constantly distracted by phones. Examples cited included children placing smartphones on lists of things they wish had never been invented, and the 7 year old in Germany who got 150 people to attend a march with banners like "Play with ME, not with your phones!" Although it is too early to make any predictions that are likely to be especially accurate, and I'm not even sure how widely accepted the Generation Alpha name even is, it is none-the-less interesting from a technology perspective. And perhaps not too surprising since generations often go in cycles, rejecting parts of what defined the preceding generations.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or, you can buy a standalone alarm clock, a dead-tree book, a standalone radio receiver, etc. for a fraction of the price. Now, I love my smartphone for all the non-social features. But I kind of see how the new generation can see these things as a gateway drug to being sucked into social media and having their minds and hearts ruthlessly exploited for profit. On top of that, it's teenagers we're talking about; teena…
How much do you think a phone costs?
Much more than a separare alarm clock, radio and a mp3 player together. These things are cheap now.
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#54And then everyone clapped. Definitely happened.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yup. I cringed for most of the article, but the ending does significantly change how it all sounds. ...to the point it makes me doubt how much truth there is to the story. It very much reads like a classical hero's journey - which "involves a hero [the mother] who goes on an adventure [tech-full parenting], and in a decisive crisis [lost her phone charger while finding herself in the middle of nowhere] wins a victory…
You can frame every story like that
Not every - there are multiple recognized story archetypes; "hero's journey" is just one of them. My point however is that stories are always unlike real life, and this article reads very much like a story.
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#56Anyone else think this is fake ? I mean, 11 years old can have that level of thinking ? Or maybe I m missing something ?
Children are probably smarter than you think.
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#57This is one of the most uplifting articles I have ever read. There is so much hope for the younger generation.
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#58There is a whole subreddit dedicated to probably made up behaviour of children like that. https://www.reddit.com/r/wokekids/top/?t=all
r/woke is a flavour of r/thathappened focused on parents embellishing their kid's achievements. That said, it is interesting how we imagine (maybe expect) the next generation avoiding what we see as traps we fell in. Almost as if they were to save us from ourselves.
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How much do you think a phone costs?
Much more than a separare alarm clock, radio and a mp3 player together. These things are cheap now.
Can you really get separate devices for less than a feature phone ? My Nokia/HMD was only $20. I agree that a smartphone isn't the cheapest solution.
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#60Anyone else think this is fake ? I mean, 11 years old can have that level of thinking ? Or maybe I m missing something ?
11 year olds can be brilliant, and tragically I suspect far more of them would if we didn't infantilize them.
Absolutely. Then puberty hits and the brilliance seems to take a huge dip. I guess obsessing about sex takes a lot of brainpower. Just a hypothesis though.