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1. No smartphones before high school (as a norm, not a law; parents can just give younger kids flip phones, basic phones, or phone watches). 2. No social media before 16 (as a norm, but one that would be much more effective if supported by laws such as the proposed update to COPPA, the Kids Online Safety Act, state-level age-appropriate design codes, and new social media bills like the bipartisan Protecting Kids on Social Media Act, or like the state level bills passed in Utah last year and in Florida last month. 3. Phone-free schools (use phone lockers or Yondr pouches for the whole school day, so that students can pay attention to their teachers and to each other) 4. More independence, free play, and responsibility in the real world.

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1. No smartphones before high school (as a norm, not a law; parents can just give younger kids flip phones, basic phones, or phone watches). 2. No social media before 16 (as a norm, but one that would be much more effective if supported by laws such as the proposed update to COPPA, the Kids Online Safety Act, state-level age-appropriate design codes, and new social media bills like the bipartisan Protecting Kids on Social Media Act, or like the state level bills passed in Utah last year and in Florida last month. 3. Phone-free schools (use phone lockers or Yondr pouches for the whole school day, so that students can pay attention to their teachers and to each other) 4. More independence, free play, and responsibility in the real world.
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Just Another Amy (justanotheramy@aus.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 17:22:37 JST Just Another Amy
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@camwilson @erici
In "the real world", children under the age of 16 catch public transport to school. They have disabilities and neurodiversity. They have parents who work, or work multiple jobs. They use smart phones to navigate transport timetables, as accessibility aids that help them pay attention, to talk to their parents at work, to connect with lifesaving resources outside an abusive home.
"No harm"? Or "no harm to anyone who matters"?

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