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Dr Dean Burnett
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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

A quarter of British schools have signed the pact, reaching more than 8,100 last week, according to SFC, with the top 30 sign-ups dominated by primary schools. About 37,000 parents have signed, representing more than 56,000 children.

Parents at a primary school in the top 10 signatories said the pact had helped reassure families they were not alone.
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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

So when the Smartphone Free Childhood (SFC) movement launched an online pledge to withhold the devices from children until they are at least 14, thousands of parents saw an opportunity to gather moral support for looming arguments.

“It’s a way for parents to know they are not alone in this,” said Mike Lawrence, 45, one of the signatories to the pact at Law primary school. The North Berwick school has the most sign-ups in Scotland, at 194 children.
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Dr Dean Burnett
@garwboy.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, author, science communicator/pundit, former psychiatry lecturer, occasional wit, frazzled parent, balding
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