fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhoodwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1377arrow-down114
arrow-up1363arrow-down1external-link‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhoodwww.theguardian.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square142fedilink
minus-squarefeedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIt’s more of an American thing I think. A 20-year-old child, I’ve literally seen that phrase used. Mental.
minus-squareHACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agowith modern science, we have learned that the prefrontal cortex hasn’t fully developed until around age 25. does that mean you’re a child at 24? no. but you are adolescent, and we should have some cognizance about that
minus-squareAlpha71@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·5 months agoIf you cannot behave like an adult by the age of 24 there’s something more wrong with you than your prefrontal cortex.
It’s more of an American thing I think. A 20-year-old child, I’ve literally seen that phrase used. Mental.
with modern science, we have learned that the prefrontal cortex hasn’t fully developed until around age 25. does that mean you’re a child at 24? no. but you are adolescent, and we should have some cognizance about that
If you cannot behave like an adult by the age of 24 there’s something more wrong with you than your prefrontal cortex.