• areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    What does this have to do with smartphones and the internet? The internet is a means of gathering information first, and a form of communication second. I don’t get what socialization has to do with the first one. If you want people to be comfortable communicating on the internet (or via phone or whatever) then presumably they need to start earlier.

    As for people struggling with phones, that’s because a) lots of people here are autistic, and b) voice phones are not an ideal form of communication anyway. Either way the answer is practice, not shying away from the problem.

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      6 months ago

      the answer is practice,

      There are only so many hours in the day. If a child spends eight hours a day glued to the phone, they aren’t going to learn social skills.

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        6 months ago

        Okay first who said eight hours? I am not saying there shouldn’t be limits, just that banning the internet completely is a bad idea. Second communicating with technology is an essential social skill in itself, and being able to use technology and apply critical thinking to things you read is absolutely essential. Lots of people work from home using technology. Almost everyone will have to use technology to do research e.g. in college.

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          6 months ago

          Socialization is a slow process. Many people who have good families and rich environments still have problems learning how to have face to face conversations. Look how many people on this site talk about not wanting to have a conversation over the phone or talk to a stranger in a shop.

          That’s my original comment. Never said anything about banning the internet.

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            6 months ago

            Yes in a thread about banning kids from having smartphones, which are the main way people access the internetwork nowadays.

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              6 months ago

              Just for my own reference; which part do you read as ‘banning the internet’?

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                6 months ago

                Okay now you are just being obtuse. You realize lots of kids these days don’t have or use regular computers, right? Smartphones are now the only way to access some services as well, and are important in case you get lost. You can’t call your parents or 999 on a laptop now can you?