From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 5/13/2022 9:06, Monty Solomon wrote:   
   > Meet the parents who refuse to give their kids smartphones   
   >   
   > The vast majority of teens and tweens today have smartphones. These   
   > parents said no.   
   >   
   > For Adriana Stacey, it's very simple.   
   >   
   > "I'll never buy a smartphone for any of my children," she says.   
   >   
   > It's a personal stance born of professional experiences. Stacey is a   
   > psychiatrist who works primarily with high school and college students   
   > in Fayetteville, Ark., and in her practice she routinely asks new   
   > patients to swipe open their phones and show her how much screen time   
   > they're clocking per day.   
   >   
   > "I rarely find one that's under nine hours," she says. "So, these   
   > teenagers are spending more time on their phone than they are   
   > sleeping."   
   >   
   > https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/05/09/parents-kids-smartphones/   
      
   This is teetering on the edge of "telecom" conversation, but my 7 year   
   old daughter's doctor is _very_ against smart phones and tablets for   
   children.  She is adamant that all of this screen time is exacerbating   
   attention deficit issues in children, and causing focus issues in   
   school.  Of course, my daughter doesn't have a phone, but we've reduced   
   her screen-time (if it were only up to me, she would have never had the   
   tablet in the first place).   
      
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