tardigrada@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 11 months agoCarmen Osorio, expert in technology addiction: ‘It’s not a good idea to give children a smartphone; in any case, you let them borrow yours’english.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down10
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkCarmen Osorio, expert in technology addiction: ‘It’s not a good idea to give children a smartphone; in any case, you let them borrow yours’english.elpais.comtardigrada@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 11 months agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareulkesh@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoGiven the context, it seems to make sense that they mean it’s a bad idea to withhold smartphones from children in such a situation. I would argue that they don’t need a smartphone specifically, but some means of external communication (a prepaid normal flip phone, for example).
Given the context, it seems to make sense that they mean it’s a bad idea to withhold smartphones from children in such a situation.
I would argue that they don’t need a smartphone specifically, but some means of external communication (a prepaid normal flip phone, for example).