• macaroni1556@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Having a phone is an important part of participating in society like it or not. Not everyone has a happy home life of a home at all, and flatly banning anyone from owning a phone (purchased themselves) under 16 could further endanger young people already struggling in a dangerous situation. Or even just maintaining a job to survive.

    Of course I don’t want to live in a world where under 16s need to work, or need to discretely contact help, but we have to face reality. Let’s fix that stuff rather than ban communication devices…

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      7 months ago

      Te be fair, working in the coal mines was also an important part of participating in society.

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        7 months ago

        If only they banned sending mail and reading the newspaper we could have saved those kids.

        (you missed the point of my comment)