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JDPoZ ,
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Scrolling to find out what “EE” is… I can’t find anything. Can someone fill me in?

return2ozma OP ,
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EE (formerly Everything Everywhere) is a British mobile network operator, internet service provider and a brand of BT Consumer, a division of BT Group. Supposedly the #1 network in the UK similar to Verizon in the US.

skeezix ,

Equine Enchephalitis

bulwark ,

My kids are around that age and it’s a real struggle when all of their friends have one.

Imgonnatrythis ,

There is a growing tide of data suggesting the fight is worth it, but understand it is a serious struggle.

Much like trying to get kids to eat healthy when they are surrounded by so much awful food in the US.

yessikg ,
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Get the kids a dumb phone instead. Calls and texts are more than enough in an emergency

VerdantSporeSeasoning ,

When I went to price it out at the store, the line for a dumb phone was going to cost $30/mo more than a smart phone. It was dumb.

mannycalavera ,
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Make parents less entitled. Problem solved.

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble ,

Is it the phone, or the social media? The article only really mentions social media as the real issue.

Subsequently, does that mean social media on a computer is 100% A-OK? (this is a mobile phone carrier so it makes sense that they’d only focus on phones)

ripcord ,
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Both.

Mountain_Mike_420 ,

Please don’t give kids smartphones period. A smart watch is far less addictive and just as valuable to parents and kids (parents can track location, kids can still make phone calls and txt.) other suggestions are a dumb phone (think t9 txting), or just let them go phoneless.

majestictechie ,

Don’t they require smart phones to work though? All the ones I have had are all just BT devices which require a phone to do anything beyond tell the time

gray ,
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There are several cellular capable watches.

return2ozma OP ,
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My Samsung watch works without a phone on Google Fi network. Watches get a free line.

yaycupcake ,
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I don’t think going phoneless would be a great idea because emergencies happen and people need to communicate but society would probably be better if kids weren’t glued to smartphone apps and social media from a young age. The smart watch or dumb phone idea makes sense to me though.

GBU_28 ,

Or just give them a dumb phone.

falk1856 ,

Anyone have a recommendation for a decent kids smartwatch with cell service? I got my son a Garmin Bounce and the text and the service sucked so we returned it.

prettybunnys ,

You can find older Apple Watches for fairly cheap, I paid 10 bucks a month on T-Mobile for just the watch plan.

You would need to have an iPhone in order to manage it but you can manage a watch for a kid that way. They have school mode for them so it just acts as a watch with emergency contact action at school.

Sundial ,

You definitely see a difference in children who are regularly given phones to keep them occupied. They’re just so much more hyper active. I know a lot of teachers have been complaining about phone use in the classrooms. In Canada they just started rolling back against rules saying teachers can’t confiscate phones.

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