My wife and I were resisting for a long(er) time with the first phone for our son... I think he didn't have any until 12-14 years... But, maybe it was ok, maybe it wasn't, as after that, he went in the same direction as other children from his generation...
Speaking from my perspective, I'm not that phone addicted, but I am probably Internet addicted... 😃
Speaking of pros and cons, I wrote about a similar topic before... About how we have all the information on one click, but we would rather spend time on stupid things, and ridiculous videos, doomscrolling the whole day... I found that very, very degrading... Especially for kids... I know there were things in the past when there was a witchhunt for PC games and how bad they are, but in the end, it helped me a lot with learning English, for example...
Unfortunatelly, I can't see too many benefits of doomscrolling on social media where people do dumb things, that have nothing to do with reality and life... All that time is thrown through the window, instead of learning something new, a new skill, or, as you said, learn to communicate IRL with other people...
I don't know what is coming, but I'm not sure about the values that these kids will get from their social network "screen time." 😞 I hope I'm just a grumpy old guy and I'm completely wrong...
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I did that too! Some can really improve some skills. English as you said, but even 3D shooters can have a positive effect on your skills. Things like working together is often necessary and your reaction skills improve. I heard that surgery nowadays looks a lot like playing a computer game with controllers and screens an such. Not stating addiction to video games is not a problem though.
But I also haven't found out how doomscrolling could be useful in any way at all.
No one does. But I do think we should keep talking with our kids about it to know what they are doing and sometimes show what they are doing isn't very healthy.
Although it often is hard to convince teenagers to change their habits I do think sticking your head in the sand is even worse.
Well, mine is over 18 now, but teenage years are still on... It's a bit better than before, but not over yet... 😃 Currently, as a parent, I don't stick my head in the sand, but I don't push too much anymore... Recently, he learns the best from his mistakes and inexperience... I say mine, he listens or not, but in the end, the lesson is learned... Maybe a cheap one, maybe more expensive... 😃