• JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Apparently parents love it as it keeps the kids quiet and relieves them of the stress of parenting.

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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      3 hours ago

      As a parent, it is convenient to have a handy device to zombify my hellspawn for an hour while I need to get some actual important adult shit done, but I also strictly limit mobile device use because my kids will not be iPad kids for as long as I have any say in the matter

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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      11 hours ago

      Also a tracker and a way to contact them at all times. I believe parents who let children take phones to school would feel a bit nervous if their kid would forget it at home one day.