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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Apparently parents love it as it keeps the kids quiet and relieves them of the stress of parenting.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Also a tracker and a way to contact them at all times. I believe parents who let children take phones to school would feel a bit nervous if their kid would forget it at home one day.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I get why people do this but if I was being tracked when I was a kid, especially after age 16, I would be furious. I would have done something like hide it in a hole beside the movie theatre so I could go smoke some weed and have sex with my girlfriend.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

I mean, if by the time you buy your condoms and weed your parent is still tracking your ass, there's something wrong with them, not you.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 5 days ago

As a parent, it is convenient to have a handy device to zombify my hellspawn for an hour while I need to get some actual important adult shit done, but I also strictly limit mobile device use because my kids will not be iPad kids for as long as I have any say in the matter