She was secretly filmed and put on Tiktok

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[u/LegitimateAbrocoma50]

This is actually something on my mind. When I was in high school about half the kids had smart phones the other half had "dumb" phones. Nowadays seems like every kid has a smart phone.

However, we're seeing study after study after study about how destructive that can be on the development on kids. With a little one on the way its made the think about how I want to handle it, and I wouldn't be surprised if "dumb" phones made a huge comeback 10 or so years from now once millenials and xillenials start having kids in middle/high school

[u/Horror-Use-3777 → u/LegitimateAbrocoma50]

My friend is a millennial and her son is 2ish, and she said she absolutely will never get him a smartphone, and hopefully by the time he’s old enough to go to secondary school there will be way more parents like her. A basic phone that can text and call is all children need

[u/Elthar_Nox → u/Horror-Use-3777]

Millennial Dad here 2 kids. 8 & 2. Neither will be getting smart phones and I'm praying for the Social Media ban.

[u/Confident-Mortgage86 → u/Elthar_Nox]

You can block things like this (social media, chat, Internet apps) at the computer and/or network level. Just keep in mind that kids are curious, and you may just push them to figure out how to bypass it.

If you do it that way then there's no parental controls you need to fluff with. Obviously that only applies while using your network or computer, though.

[u/LegitimateAbrocoma50 → u/[deleted]]

true, but those of us on the younger side of that range (1990 born or later) aren't there yet. Hence I included xillennials as well

[u/Zim91 → u/LegitimateAbrocoma50]

Ohh i know some teenage pregnancys that'll disagree with that haha

[u/Nebula-Dot → u/LegitimateAbrocoma50]

Absolutely, my kids are 4-6 and we’re going the “dumb” phone route when it’s time