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No smartphones in the street, or parks or shops, whatever, it's their town.
This, however-
The village has also approved a charter for families on children’s use of screens: no screens of any kind in the morning, no screens in bedrooms, no screens before bed or during meals.
is ludicrous.
No smartphones in the street, or parks or shops, whatever, it’s their town.
Screw that. A town shouldn't have the authority to take away basic freedoms like that, even if literally every citizen directly votes in favor of doing so.
In the modern world where internet is necessary for a lot of things, what better way to equip future generations for the world outside of their village than to almost force computer illiteracy on them by 'banning' all computers (along with the bad grades they're likely to get for IT in schools as a result of that, putting off some future employers), so forward thinking
I got the impression that this part is a voluntary guidline
It's all voluntary. I just think the last part is especially ludicrous.
What a bunch of clowns. Nanny states never work.
This is the most, small french town thing ever. There is never anything to do in these places so the younger generation always leave literally because there's no employment opportunities unless you want to become a baker, in which case there are 80 different bakeries in a town with a population of 400.
So the kids go elsewhere and leave behind all of the old folk with nothing to do except curtain twitch. And you end up with dumb pronouncements like this. Looking at your phone is functionally no different to reading a book or a newspaper.
Is it an advertisement for Vision Pro?
Yeah let's go back to when kids had literally nothing to do and had to invent stuff. I'm sure that'll not cause any problems.
Ah yes, kids outside playing with friends and using their creativity to come up with things to do. That was such a dangerous time and all of us who grew up before mobile devices were everywhere are all in jail because we did stupid shit. Not to mention how unhealthy if was to be running around, biking, blading, etc out in the sun.
Yep, let's reinforce kids never getting any sun and spending all of their time living through their phones or pads and never really experiencing life in the moment.
This isn't just about the kids anymore though. Even gray hairs who grew up before we had even the motorola brick are watching entire concerts through their phone.
I'm not saying that I agree with the "state" trying to set those kind of limits. That's up to parents or other guardians. I remember when having a TV in your room was a privilege now even toddlers have iphones/pads that they scream and cry without.
Being bored has positive impact on kids, it stimulates creativity. Having screen has negative impact.
yes, let's
Lmao