McgeesAlice808 posted...
No smartphones until high school and no social media until Junior Year are ridiculously harsh and out of touch blanket bans.
I don't really see an issue with either or how they are out of touch. What use is a smartphone to a child below 13? Parents keeping track of them? Watching media? Socializing with friends? None of these sprang into existence with the arrival of smartphones and all could still be accomplished via "dumb" phones.
As for the 16y age restriction, again, we have restriction for websites already. 13 is often already the age limit for much of the internet and digital content. We also have age restrictions for sports and many school activities. It may be harsh, but why is social media some sort of required right for 16yo?
PiOverlord posted...
No thanks; smartphones are a god-send for diabetic children like my younger sister.
You've got me curious. I'm going to assume some sort blood sugar monitor app? If that's the case then of course exceptions, but the issue here is less to do with smartphones themselves and more to do with their access to social media.