• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    01·
    1 year ago

    I strongly disagree, this should be a decision for parents to make, no need to get the law involved. However, schools can and should have a policy that phones need to be off (or at least silenced, no vibrate) during class, and they can check it if excused to go to the restroom or something. But I would never agree to a law banning access to phones for minors, that’s a violation of parental discretion.

    • sunbeam60@lemmy.oneEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      We ban gambling, cigarettes, alcohol, media for children, because of harms we understand that they inflict on children. Should these be parental discretions too?

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        Largely yes, but within reason, and only when under direct parental supervision. Drinking and smoking can be part of religious or cultural practices, so a small amount of that should be completely acceptable. But these should only be allowed within the home, with an exception for media, which should be allowed w/o supervisio with explicit permission (e.g. a written note or verbal confirmation at a theater or something).

        Allowing these could constitute child abuse, but I don’t think there should be a blanket ban.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, it’s too bad there’s absolutely no other way for anyone to deal with this problem aside from having the police potentially arrest me or my kids for having a phone. Just think of all of the victims of this heinous crime should the police not have the authority to parent my kids for me.