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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No bueno, why do parents do this? My kids once had a play date with the kids of an acquaintance and the mother plopped tablets in front of her kids at a restaurant table and my kids were expecting to have conversation. It was the ditziest thing I have ever seen in my life, it’s almost like she felt superior that she had tech for her kids and my kids didn’t. There are potential friends for your kid that can detach from devices and engage. You or child will find them.[/quote]

There are families that think that the tech is good for kids. I honestly can't blame them that much given the example our school systems are setting and the lack of meaningful regulation of tech companies. These devices are intentionally made to be addictive. Yeah I wish more parents were cognizant of the harms of making screens available constantly, but I think there are systemic societal forces that are driving this and chastising individual parents is not going to move the needle.[/quote]

Those kids are going to be so prepared for the 21st century, though![/quote]

Honestly, though, I don't see a widespread revolt against devices happening. I'd bet we ultimately see some reduction in usage in the schools, but the majority of kids will probably still have their own phones and the level of social media/tech use will remain high. There will be some families (like mine) that opt out and send our kids to (mostly very conservative) private/religious schools with zero EdTech and a no-phones-and-social-media pledge. But that'll probably be a small minority on the left and right ideological fringes where it's easier to find groups of parents that are willing to make the collective commitment to swim against the tide (I'm not saying that there aren't moderate parents who also object to the level of social media/tech use, but I think it's harder to unify all the parents in a school against tech use--including at home--unless you've got a pretty strong shared ideology that unites the community).  [/quote]

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