wife's cousin works with kids with severe eating disorders

and has seen a huge increase over the last few years and is convinced it is (its mainly girls but boys are becoming more and more affected) due a lot to young impressionable people constantly craving validation on social media platforms almost every hour of the day. (thankfully my kids grew up pretty much before smartphones so we never had to worry about it)

also nowadays a lot of young parents with small kids are constantly locked into their smartphones frankly doing no parenting at all. saw a mum the a few weeks ago with two kids and one of the little ones was about 25 metres behind the mum (who had missile lock on her smart phone) and the little girl was crying as her flip flop had blown a gasket and she was calling for her mum as her foot was bleeding. the mum was oblivious. good luck with your life kid.

Posted By: Tombs on May 28th 2021 at 17:32:01

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Wroth poll : should a 10 year old have a smartphone? (General Chat) - shoddy, May 28, 15:51:29
- This summer half term (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, May 28, 17:27:57
- Thanks everyone - this is what I think (General Chat) - shoddy, May 28, 17:24:39
  - wife's cousin works with kids with severe eating disorders (General Chat) - Tombs, May 28, 17:32:01
    - Young teenagers on fb is a mammoth concern. (General Chat) - Huge Small, May 28, 18:09:53
    - If im really honest Tomby, the reason I want to wait b4 shoddy jnr gets a smartphone (General Chat) - shoddy, May 28, 17:43:41
      - Or locked up naked under the stairs and fed raw spuds (General Chat) - Tombs, May 28, 18:35:06
- It's a yes from me. I assume they use an iPad? (General Chat) - Wilts, May 28, 17:03:45
- No (n/m) (General Chat) - Strangeland16, May 28, 16:28:37
- not yet. Dont see the need whilst they are at primary school (n/m) (General Chat) - earlydoors, May 28, 16:15:34
- ours had them from 12 (General Chat) - paulg, May 28, 16:14:16
  - and also ... (General Chat) - paulg, May 28, 16:57:36
- Pandora’s box.... (General Chat) - yellowman, May 28, 16:11:52
  - *geographical socially (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, May 28, 16:13:21
- Interesting question as faced with the same decision (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, May 28, 16:02:06
- Boring answer, however... I'd say it depends on maturity and circumstances (General Chat) - norwaay, May 28, 15:56:44
- No (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, May 28, 15:55:46
- it's a big fat no from me (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, May 28, 15:55:40

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