We’ve said for years that our kids will only get phones aged 14 or higher. Now we want to say 16. One can imagine how those conversations go.
Hopefully the movement to make it illegal under a certain age gathers momentum.
Same here. With tech's growing influence on everyday's life.
>> A 2021 report from the same group showed a significant rise in the number of 8- to 12-year-olds with a smartphone, from 24% in 2015 to 43% in 2021.
I am thinking if the 8 - 10 age group skew this figures. I would expect 11-12 to have a smartphone at 60+% rate. Partly because at that age it is hard to resist peer pressure that their friends all have one.
Normally I am against government making decisions for us. But this case it makes it easier. At least the government could mandate all schools to limit Smartphone usage under certain age.
We also don’t do social media as a family (HN being my one exception) so she is growing up without exposure to that.
Honestly, we just don't sweat it that much. We are trying to be LESS connected nowadays.