10 Reasons Why Handheld Devices Should Be Banned for Children Under the Age of 12

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OriginalGriff

They missed out number 11: they won't be able to see the screen while up there cleaning the chimney anyway...

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Nagy Vilmos

They're not all up the chimneys, some are down t'mine.

chriselst

Or to sum up nearly all of those points "Lots of parents are a bit shitty at the job".

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

Blue Waffle

Just noticed your Premium badge. Does that mean you pay to be here?

Nagy Vilmos

I have no idea where that came from. I think the Hamsters were pished again. :laugh:

Blue Waffle

It says it's a premium account[^] for workspaces.

Nagy Vilmos

Yes, I've just seen that. :suss:

Marco Bertschi

They awarded me one, too. No idea where it came from, but I have to make space for all the badges if they continue to gimme them in that speed.

The scariest moment is always just before the Start - Stephen King
Die Frauen warten auf die Liebe, und die Männer warten auf die Frauen - Wolf Wondratschek

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

It given to beta testers of ::Workspaces - I saw @Chris-Maunder wrote about it, but can't find now...

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Lost User

I don't care if 10 yr. old use an iPhone. I'm more concerned about the 22 yr. old douchebag texting in the car in front of me. That loser is going to get me killed.

BobJanova

10a) they didn't have them when I were a lad and it never did me any harm Seriously though, I think technology everywhere all the time is bad for everyone, but children particularly because that's when you're supposed to be learning what is normal, learning self control and developing a feel for the world, so they'll be much less good at self-regulating usage. I played something like 10 hours of gaming over the weekend though and now I feel 'sufficiently sleep deprived to affect grades' and 'addicted' as well :sigh:

BobJanova

Surely it's the one in the car behind you that will get you killed.

BobJanova

Oh nice that means I get a shiny badge for being on the beta invite list too.

Lost User

Great, now you've got me really worried. :wtf:

Blue Waffle

MehGerbil wrote:

I'm more concerned about the 22 yr. old douchebag texting in the car in front of me.

I had one of those yesterday. If I hadn't been so drunk I would have wound down my window and told him how much of an inconsiderate a***hole he was.

Nagy Vilmos

Stop it! Stop it! I thought it was just me, now you're all jumping on the band wagon. It's like the whole Paris[^] thing all over again. :sigh:

Nagy Vilmos

Coming back from the school run this morning, I noticed in the on coming traffic that a lot of people appeared to be texting or using phones rather than looking at the road. Okay, they were moving at the standard 0.1 mph, but still.

BobJanova

Actually it's probably the one coming at you from the side that's most likely to do serious damage. But inattention generally results in accidents due to not stopping in time, or going straight on at corners, and that's going to impact people in front of the person not watching.

GenJerDan

Not just hand-held. Has no one noticed the increase ADD/ADHD/ABCDEFG/ETC/Autism pretty much coincides with all the teach-your-children-to-read-before-the-can-use-the-toilet books and videos and games and crap? You over-stimulate someone and bad things happen.

YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.