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Tabitha Jonson wrote a new post, What every parent needs to know about kids using screens 4 years, 11 months ago
By Genevieve Simperingham
First published in The Natural Parent Magazine.Kids just love being on those screens and hate having to turn them off! We parents (often guiltily) love how all becomes calm and q
In addition to the addictive nature of ‘smart’ (really dumbing) phones, there are other grave risks & problems. While car accidents are the primary cause of death an serious injury in teenagers between 16 to 19, that risk increases four-fold when mobile phones are involved.
Algorithms designed to increase use (increase addiction) and sell more products (increase consumerism), tend to favor inaccurate, controversial and decisive information over factual information. One result is an increase of communicable diseases as a consequence along with increased social disharmony and reduced emotional and intellectual intelligence.
Some additional unknowns include the long term effects of the new 5G radiation and what could happen to the volumes of information held by many companies on individual phone users. Parents already know about the authority of the phone taking over parential authority. So it’s worthile taking positive action to learn how to minimise these problems while enjoying some of the benefits this technology has to offer…