Your just shit parent. I gave all my teen sons Smartphones and at the same time parented my kids and kept track of what they were doing with them. I still pay for 2 of my kids phones. I love it I can track where they are at, and call and text them when I need to. Dumb take "they can pay for them" bet you still be all up in arms of what did on there even if they paid for them. You are going turn you daughters in to unknowlegable and vurable women who will have hard time later in life. All on you trying protect them. Just fucking educate them on the dangers. World scary place deal with it and make sure they are prepared for it.

lol. Or grow a pair and tell your kids "No" once in a while.

Agree, my child only uses dial up internet, I find that they don't have the patience for the page loading times and forget about streaming. /s

Uh ok mate thanks for your life story. Did computers even exist when you were in the 12th grade?

I fail to see how this is at all relevant to kids in the modern age being kept away from technology. Not having technology access today is completely different to 30 years ago.

Even if we pretend your experience is related id say you were a statical outlier. Most people who are not shown how to use technology will not become adept at using it. Thats why we try and introduce kids to a wide range of things in schooling.

The kids with technology are creating things earlier and earlier, recently a 16 year old made a game that took the record from fortnite for most concurrent players 21million. Growing up with access to technology opens them to an entire world of inspiration and I think if its managed by parents its a powerful tool that I'd never want my kids missing.

I miss POTS. Copper landlines are a thing of the past. Now it’s just VoIP with a battery that doesn’t last long enough and another bill. (And place for scam/telemarketers/junk calls)

I love how on the internet all it takes for someone to call someone a shit parent is a mild difference of opinion.

It's just 0 -> 100 at the drop of a hat. Its fucking hilarious to me.

I think their experience is very relevant. It illustrates perfectly that kids don't need to be immersed in technology from a young age to become proficient at it later in life, if it's beneficial to them.

Its anecdotal at best. Its like if someone was saying "we should give kids school lunch so they preform better at school" and then I replied "I didnt have school lunch and I got top my class" you'd think ok that changes nothing.

There is a lot of research to support the idea that adults are less likely to pick up a skill if they weren't exposed to it as a kid. If you dont grow up working with technology to make things you're less likely to go down that route as an adult or late teen. Thats a huge disadvantage in today's age.

Eating lunch at school meets a basic human need and doesn't really have a downside, though. It seems like there's increasing reason to believe that cellphones, social media, online classes, etc actually hurt young people's psychological and social development. I can understand why some parents would be wary of feeding into that.