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Dr Dean Burnett
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Neuroscientist, author, science communicator/pundit, former psychiatry lecturer, occasional wit, frazzled parent, balding
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There's also this This whole thing is dominated/driven by parents of primary school kids. Which A) Makes logical sense: they're the ones most likely to have kids under 14, i.e who the campaign is aimed at B) Means they have little/no experience of actually dealing with teens and smartphones /5
There's also this, which is telling As stated, the basic point is, parents are reassured that other parents agree with them about not giving their kids smartphones But 'finding other people who will validate your irrational fears and assumptions' is a major negative of the online world! /6
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Dr Dean Burnett
@garwboy.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, author, science communicator/pundit, former psychiatry lecturer, occasional wit, frazzled parent, balding
2.2k followers257 following1.1k posts