• crapwittyname@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      My kid was the last one in their school year to get a smartphone. He was bullied for not having a smartphone. He used to ask me for one several times a day and I stuck to what I’d said, he’ll get one on his birthday. I still feel it was far too early. He was 10 when he got it.

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        7 months ago

        You did the right thing. If it was the 1900s and everyone else was to give their child cigarettes, they might get bullied for having no cigarettes, but you know what is best and you stuck with it

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          7 months ago

          Also you are not getting bullied because you don’t have cigarettes or smartphones, but because you lack self confidence and because you are perceived as social weak (your friends and random bystanders would not come to your help).

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            7 months ago

            You have completely misunderstood this and are trying to overlay some bizarre Andrew Tate-esque psychobabble to explain your misunderstanding.

          • SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works
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            7 months ago

            No, you are getting bullied because humans beings are morons who will jump to bully whoever is perceived as different. Do not blame the victim, for fuck sake.

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      7 months ago

      Nope. You can’t expect me to raise my own child How dare you!

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      7 months ago

      Just like the UK bill wanting an ID for porn sites. And, in the EU, Youtube is wanting my ID for age verification to follow EU law. Isn’t a much less authoritarian solution just to use blocklists, or even mandate sites send an unencrypted flag with content that is “adult” and browsers or routers can choose to deal with that or not.

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      7 months ago

      Something, something, something, and then BREXIT comes to mind. That worked out well.

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      7 months ago

      In Sweden, it was mandatory for kindergartens to have “digital learning tools” up until a year ago. I wonder who came up with that brilliant idea.

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        7 months ago

        What I mean is that it might not be so simple as not giving them access to it if other institutions persist in forcing it on them.