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V__ | 1 month ago

A lot of people want to have kids but don't want to be parents. There are a lot of kids who spend hours on tablets watching TikTok and so on before they even reached first grade.

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magicalhippo|1 month ago

Couple of years ago I was taking the tram home, and there was a toddler in a stroller. The toddler was young enough she couldn't speak properly. She got frustrated about something and started crying.

Without hesitation the parent whipped up the iPhone and handed it to her. The kid navigated the menu with ease, launched a game and started playing. After about 15 seconds, she exited the game, navigated a few pages with purpose to another game and ended up playing that instead.

Meanwhile I was standing there gobsmacked...

V__|1 month ago

As part of the "in-between" generation which skipped lead poisoning and the extreme social media/smartphone dependency, I kinda feel worried.