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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Of all the points on which I support children's rights, their right to own a cell phone is not exactly a priority. I'd say it should be up to the parnts to decide whether their kids should have cell phones - at which point it's the right of the parents, not the children.

That said I think there might be something broken about how it is solved now - I would probably be in favour of a law banning certain types of software on the phones of children, such as abusive social media or games with microtransactions.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I would probably be in favour of a law banning certain types of software on the phones of children, such as abusive social media or games with microtransactions.

Maybe doing the same for adults wouldn't hurt.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

I'd say it should be up to the parents to decide whether their kids should have cell phones

Yes, but not when the kid is 14 or 15. I think at that age it should be up to them and not their parents.