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Tablet and Smartphone use for children (www.thelocal.dk)

submitted 2 months ago by jjpamsterdam@feddit.org to c/parenting@lemmy.world

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With some jurisdictions categorically recommending that children under a certain age (in the case of Denmark under 13) should not have a tablet or smartphone, what is your opinion on the appropriate age/way to introduce these devices to your children's life? Do you use your own devices together with your children? If so, how and when?

While my own children are still unquestionably too young for tablets or smartphones, I'm already afraid of the social pressure that is likely to arise at an ever younger age when their friends start getting devices.

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[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

You don't have to own a phone to learn how to use it properly. I didn't own my own computer as I learned to use one as a kid.

Supervised access exists, and parents are responsible for teaching internet safety to children.

Your college experience is a you thing. My much younger BIL did his first year at college this year, and thanked his parents for not letting him have a lot of screen time growing up because he can see the addiction in the people around him.