On: Kids who get smartphones earlier become adults with worse mental health

[jacquesm]

Someone tell the local high school here please, they definitely won't listen to me and require that every student have a smartphone.

[0xffff2 → jacquesm]

How? Do they issue the kids phones? Assuming not because that seems implausibly expensive, what happens if you just don't give your kid a phone?

[jacquesm → 0xffff2]

Then they won't be able to follow the courses because all of the data required for homework/tests etc is only available in some stupid app. And no, they don't issue the phones (obviously...). Though they probably should since it is their requirement.

[SoftTalker → jacquesm]

My kids' schools always issued a tablet or laptop for online courseware. It was not optional, you got a device locked down and pre-configured with the software the school was using.

[jacquesm → SoftTalker]

That would be acceptable.

[0xffff2 → jacquesm]

Wild. Is this a US public school? Just wondering if I should file this away in the very large folder of "WTF are we doing with primary education in this country?"

[jacquesm → 0xffff2]

Dutch high school.

[moolcool → jacquesm]

Do they allow tablets instead?

[jacquesm → moolcool]

That's a very good question. I will look into that. Still, all that social media junk also works on a tablet.