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EE warns parents against giving children under 11 a smartphone (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

You definitely see a difference in children who are regularly given phones to keep them occupied. They're just so much more hyper active. I know a lot of teachers have been complaining about phone use in the classrooms. In Canada they just started rolling back against rules saying teachers can't confiscate phones.