at what age are you giving your kid's cell phones

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Anonymous wrote:Smart phone = social media. Social media = pressure to keep up. Pressure to keep up = increased levels of depression, anxiety and suicide in teens. So in our house, we are delaying the phones as long as we can.

this. Because science.

Teens have always had depression, anxiety and higher suicide risks. Parents just ignored it or quietly got help. That is nothing new. Pressure to keep up has been around generations.

The rates of suicide and depression are higher now. Fact.

No they aren't. Its just more talked about and more diagnosed.

If you don't want to believe science, I cannot help you.

Peace.

A study only looks at a specific population. Its not that inclusive. Its not going up. Its always been there.

Cite this "problematic" study you are discussing. -NP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Smart phone = social media. Social media = pressure to keep up. Pressure to keep up = increased levels of depression, anxiety and suicide in teens. So in our house, we are delaying the phones as long as we can.

this. Because science.

Teens have always had depression, anxiety and higher suicide risks. Parents just ignored it or quietly got help. That is nothing new. Pressure to keep up has been around generations.

The rates of suicide and depression are higher now. Fact.

No they aren't. Its just more talked about and more diagnosed.

If you don't want to believe science, I cannot help you.

Peace.

DP. I don't care about statistics. My kids are my kids. What other kids do with their phones is not my concern. I am perfectly comfortable with giving my kids matches or smartphones or climbing the trees.
If statistics scares you then you should hold off.

[Anonymous]

I will probably hand down my old iPhone. I’m not seeking out an iPhone for my elementary school kids, but it’s free.

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Twenge, J. M., Joiner, T. E., Rogers, M. L., & Martin, G. N. (in press). Increases in depressive symptoms, suicide-related outcomes, and suicide rates among U.S. adolescents after 2010 and links to increased new media screen time. Clinical Psychological Science.

Different poster, but here's the study I am looking at. It looks at 500K adolescents in the US. It's very inclusive.

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Anonymous wrote:Twenge, J. M., Joiner, T. E., Rogers, M. L., & Martin, G. N. (in press). Increases in depressive symptoms, suicide-related outcomes, and suicide rates among U.S. adolescents after 2010 and links to increased new media screen time. Clinical Psychological Science.

Different poster, but here's the study I am looking at. It looks at 500K adolescents in the US. It's very inclusive.

Its a parenting issue, not a mental health issue.

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Anonymous wrote:Twenge, J. M., Joiner, T. E., Rogers, M. L., & Martin, G. N. (in press). Increases in depressive symptoms, suicide-related outcomes, and suicide rates among U.S. adolescents after 2010 and links to increased new media screen time. Clinical Psychological Science.

Different poster, but here's the study I am looking at. It looks at 500K adolescents in the US. It's very inclusive.

Its a parenting issue, not a mental health issue.

And the study above does not suggest "do not give smartphones to kids".

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Anonymous wrote:1. Kids can get a basic phone

2. Your child is eventually going to be on social media, so does waiting for a smartphone really matter?

3. You can put parental controls on the smart phone

4. Many kids play with tablets that have the same apps as a smartphone

5. Kids have many priorities that teens do. This belief that kids just go to school and come straight is not true at all.

If I had kid, I would personally give them either basic phone or older iphone with parental controls. Done.

Nobody cares. Do your HW and go to bed early.

Bitch, you're in my thread. The point of this to debate, so what do you mean no one cares?