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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have worked in tech for a decade, and get made fun of all the time on DCUM for being a very low-screen household, for not having any social media accounts, etc.  My kids didn't watch tv until age 6, or play on phones or iPads. It's only because of the pandemic that they get so much screen time now.  Since before they had screens they've been hearing us talk about AI, dopamine hits, marketing, pupil reactions, etc. 
They understand why we don't do notifications on social media.

Nothing in this documentary is really new info - just the examples are new.  Everyone in tech has known this stuff for years.[/quote]

Absolutely. Does anyone remember that piece on Silicon Valley parents? Overwhelmingly, these tech innovators chose tech free screen free schools for their own children. That alone should give us parents pause, IMO. [/quote]

Exactly, and the people who say "but we live in a technological world - kids need to learn how to use these things" really underestimate how user friendly tech is.  Even setting things up is getting easier and easier. Yes, at some point my kids will get cell phones and will probably want whatever comes after Tik Tok. And despite not having had cell phones since age 7 or whenever other people are flinging iPads at their kids, I have full confidence my kids will catch up very quickly. [/quote]

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