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Majority of Americans support banning social media for kids under 16 (www.pewresearch.org)
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[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago

I'm the words of Bender Bending Rodriguez, "have you ever considered sitting down with your kids, turning off the TV (phone) and hitting them?"

But in seriousness we should be having conversations with kids. We shouldn't be handing them a tablet or phone at 2 years old. We obviously can't control kids, they have their own decisions to make but, we shouldn't be shoving the internet down their throats the first day they're born then being shocked they spend all their time on the internet.