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I do not think parents are the one pushing these controls. They are busy raising the kids.
by tlogan 4mo ago
I do not think parents are the one pushing these controls. They are busy raising the kids.
- gorgoiler 4mo agoThere’s an alternate view that parents are very much in support of centralized policy. When policy is left up to individual families — little Johnny X has an iPhone but little Timmy Y doesn’t — the creep towards everyone having a phone begins. When, instead, the school board bans phones it’s much easier for the conservative majority of parents to hold the line.
- mjevans 4mo agoI'm more fine with schools banning frivolous use of tech devices on school grounds during school hours.
- Saline9515 4mo agoBanning phones at school has nothing to do with freedom to use phones. You are not restrained in your freedom because using you smartphone while driving is forbidden. Kids go to school to learn, not to watch modern cable shopping network (aka Tiktok/Instagram).
- fc417fc802 4mo agoI think parents are raising the alarm about nefarious social media practices (ie recommendation algorithms that actively do harm) and those services are in turn pushing these controls in order to deflect responsibility away from themselves.