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Colorado Dad Wants to Ban Smartphone Sales to Children

posted by n1 on Monday June 19 2017, @11:13PM   
from the think-of-the-children dept.

takyon writes:

We see smartphones everywhere. In school hallways, at the family dinner table and plugged in at the bedside table.

But how young is too young to be constantly connected to the rest of the world through sleek apps, social media and video messaging?

One Colorado man has decided that age 13 seems like a good cutoff.

Tim Farnum is leading the charge on a proposed ballot initiative in Colorado that would be the first of its kind in the country. Farnum's proposal would ban the sale of smartphones to children younger than 13, or more likely, to parents who intend to give the smartphone to kids in that age bracket.

Farnum, a Denver-area anesthesiologist, is the founder of Parents Against Underage Smartphones, or PAUS, the nonprofit group pushing the proposal.

Source: Coloradoan.com

Also reported by: The Washington Post

Initial Fiscal Impact Statement: Colorado.gov [PDF]

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• if I could turn back time if I could turn back time (Score: 2, Insightful) by Revek on Tuesday June 20 2017, @12:23AM (7 children)

  by Revek (5022) on Tuesday June 20 2017, @12:23AM (#528233)

  I'm betting he wants 8 tracks to make a comeback to.

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• Re:if I could turn back time (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @12:34AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @12:34AM (#528245)

  Those made great stashboxes for important things, they even played a short loop of music.

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• Re:if I could turn back time Re:if I could turn back time (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @12:43AM (5 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @12:43AM (#528253)

  Pandora sucks and 8 tracks are better because you don't have to buffer an 8 track.

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  • Re:if I could turn back time Re:if I could turn back time (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @02:06AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @02:06AM (#528289)

    Spoken like somebody who has never used an 8-tack.

    It has a tape loop. If you stop mid tape, you have to wait for the "beginning" to come around again.

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    • Re:if I could turn back time Re:if I could turn back time (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @02:11AM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @02:11AM (#528294)

      Oh no my internet connection is slow today so my 8 track player is experiencing interruptions, said nobody ever.

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      • Re:if I could turn back time Re:if I could turn back time (Score: 2) by KGIII on Tuesday June 20 2017, @03:06PM (2 children)

        by KGIII (5261) on Tuesday June 20 2017, @03:06PM (#528475) Journal

        Not true. You just said it. Sheesh.

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        • Re:if I could turn back time Re:if I could turn back time (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @10:55PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 20 2017, @10:55PM (#528759)

          ............
          I bet you sell pitchforks on reddit

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          • Re:if I could turn back time (Score: 2) by KGIII on Wednesday June 21 2017, @01:06AM

            by KGIII (5261) on Wednesday June 21 2017, @01:06AM (#528821) Journal

            Good idea.

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