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Old 09-23-2015, 10:15 AM
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Cell phones have been a huge benefit for society, especially in countries where landlines were once the provenance of the rich....my wife's family in the Philippines was the only house on the block with a phone when I met her in 1991. They actually charged their neighbors 5 pesos (about a dime or so) to use it. Trust me no one in countries like India or the Philippines want to go back to that time.

I also believe they make society safer. The benefits far outweigh the negatives.
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Your typical teenager with a smart phone is going to use it 99% of the time for playing and socializing and 1% of the time for school work or emergencies. And I'm being generous with that estimate.
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Your typical teenager with a smart phone is going to use it 99% of the time for playing and socializing and 1% of the time for school work or emergencies. And I'm being generous with that estimate.
Where's your data?
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Old 09-23-2015, 12:34 PM
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Where's your data?
I raised three kids.

I also was a kid once myself.

I know how their minds work.

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Old 09-23-2015, 01:10 PM
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I raised three kids.

I also was a kid once myself.

I know how their minds work.


Maybe your kids.......

My observation with the children I've raised has been different.

My sons use their phones as the tools they are.

They use everything from the calendar to organize their schedules to apps that tell them when the tide is good for fishing.
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Your typical teenager with a smart phone is going to use it 99% of the time for playing and socializing and 1% of the time for school work or emergencies. And I'm being generous with that estimate.
Oh it is Mr. Burns, the guy down the street who used to yell at us when our Frisbee would land in his yard.
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Oh it is Mr. Burns, the guy down the street who used to yell at us when our Frisbee would land in his yard.
Yes, I have become the old curmudgeon that I hated when I was a kid and swore I would never be like.

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