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UK: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones (www.bbc.com)
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[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

how else are children supposed to communicate with friends other than at school?

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 7 months ago

They aren't.

[–] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Mail 📬 ?

[–] HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Homing Pigeons 🪽?

[–] Hule@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

I guess their parents could arrange for them to meet sometimes.

Wait, that's too much work.

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Dumb phone exist. My children got their dumb phones when they started walking to school on their own (so they can call us in case of a problem).

No internet, only 4 harmless games and I can control which numbers are allowed to call them and which numbers they are allowed to call.