iPad kids are more anxious, less resilient, and slower decision makers

[Robin_RM]

@anon39279085

At this point rather than this bs chat control and age verification laws, there should be laws mandating parents that if their children is going to have and/or use internet connected devices, monitor them by any necessary means, which includes but not limited to parental control functionality, looking at them physically while they use it and more.

The problems with chat control and age verification measures giving the government more power to control its citizens also apply here. Authorities, including child protection services, already have excessive power to judge parents and even try to take their children away if they are not constantly watching them, including absurd situations such as: letting them ride the bus alone, losing sight of them for a minute at a picnic, letting them stay in a park, letting their daughter look after her younger siblings at home, among other cases, which are allowed because of ambiguous child protection laws. We do not need to put more pressure on parents or children than they already have:

@Robin_RM

Alternatively, I believe that the constant use of social media and its correlation with well-being is actually a consequence rather than a cause of a set of circumstances that have become more hostile towards young people. From limited independent mobility in their environment—influenced both by the shift toward car-oriented city design and the fear of “stranger crime”—to reduced time for personal projects—influenced both by increased academic pressures and growing economic problems that limit their options. These factors—not to mention policies that were conceived as a result of these factors—have influenced the reduction of opportunities for independent outdoor activities that are important for their development and which adult-supervised activities cannot compensate for. The use of digital technologies serves as a quick relief from the pressures that surround them.

@Superman

Every generation looks upon what comes next and holds them in contempt.

See: “The Sisyphean Cycle of Technology Panics”

@ThePrivacyDad

nor do the researchers make a distinction (as far as I can tell) between passive vs active use of screens.

I don’t think the distinction between active and passive use of social media is that important; the effects on well-being or ill-being can occur in both cases.