James Laughlin and a co-speaker argue parents have it backwards: they restrict kids physically but let them roam free online. Six- and seven-year-olds get unrestricted access to Google and YouTube. Four in ten children would quit social media if their friends weren't on it.
We overprotect our kids in the real world.
Absolutely.
Under protect.
Them on the online world. Absolutely. And I can see that it's real.
Kids I know that are 6 and 7 that have full access on an iPad to Google, to YouTube.
Absolutely.
That's toxic.
There was a recent study done that said, I think it was four out of 10 children or teenagers that are on social media don't actually want social media and they wouldn't be on there unless their peers were on it. And so even kids themselves are realizing this is bad for them. You'll be unsurprised to hear that My children are not allowed to do things like Fortnite and Roblox. They've got the old school Nintendo hard handheld devices. My son is allowed maybe 20 minutes, maybe a few times a week. But it's funny because I even noticed with him that if he plays for a longer period, say we've lost track of time, or I'm putting down his little brother, knock him down and he's done 30 or 40 minutes, I notice a change in his behaviour.
Grumpier, more agitated.
Totally. And like. And so I can immediately see the addictive design just of that as a device. And actually my favourite parenting tool is to ban him from Nintendo.
