It’s not just children and adolescents who are being damaged by digital addiction
If Ireland can achieve something like a smartphone ban for children under 16, it will be landmark moment, akin to how the country, in many respects, led the way on smoking bans. This is what the Irish Medical Organisation is calling for, characterising smartphone use and social media content asIreland is not unique in this characterisation.
But if we’re going to be serious about this, we will have to admit that it’s not just children and adolescents who are being damaged by digital addiction and the negative consequences of both the hardware and software that creates it. There is a crisis of adult smartphone usage too.Kamala Harris is backing Donald Trump into a corner. Dangerous times
If I could take back every moment I have ever spent on social media, I would. On balance, all of it has been worthless. Like many people, the way I use my phone often feels compulsive. Once locked in, 20 minutes can pass like nothing at all. I kid myself with magical thinking that some excessive use for Ireland undertook a survey to coincide with the local and European elections. What was especially alarming was the conspiracy theory section.
So absolutely, let’s protect children and young people. Let’s do whatever we can to ensure they do not have to walk down the regrettable path that so many adults have, when social media platforms were sold to us as exciting “tools”, with unfettered access, no concept of “screen time”, and all the naivety of the explorer who accidentally falls into a volcano. It’s one thing to instruct children to dump their phones.
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