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Teenagers are averaging over 4.5 hours per day dorking around on their smartphones, not including time spent texting or talking. So over at Techdirt Glyn Moody writes about the question specifically asked to Apple about what to do about gadget addiction among youth.
In an open letter to Apple, two of its major shareholders, Jana Partners and the California State Teachers' Retirement System, have raised concerns about research that suggests young people are becoming "addicted" to high-tech devices like the iPhone and iPad, and the software that runs on them. It asks the company to take a number of measures to tackle the problem, such as carrying out more research in the area, and providing more tools and education for parents to help them deal with the issue. The letter quotes studies by Professor Jean M. Twenge, a psychologist at San Diego State University, who is also working with the shareholders in an effort to persuade Apple to do more
(Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday January 13 2018, @02:47AM (6 children)
We got no original ideas or our own, so we are going to invoke the end of the world scenarios and make someone else responsible.
10 years ago the worried kids on computers.
Before that it was kids hogging the family phone.
And that damn crazy music.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 13 2018, @02:51AM
Negro lynched on baseboard after fight with pregnant mosquito, sources say.
(Score: 2, Funny) by anubi on Saturday January 13 2018, @03:30AM (4 children)
I remember when we kids used to gather in the streets, to hit baseballs with a bat, often breaking neighbor's windows, then run so nobody ever knew who did the deed.
This is a very welcome respite to the mischief *my* generation was doing!
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 1) by tftp on Saturday January 13 2018, @04:07AM (1 child)
(Score: 2) by blackhawk on Tuesday January 16 2018, @03:24PM
I'll be outside the capsules, walking from one to the next, robbing them of their valuables, like their internal organs, bones, ligaments, whatever. Viva la future!
(Score: 5, Informative) by mhajicek on Saturday January 13 2018, @06:02AM (1 child)
I remember when kids could play outside without the neighbors calling the cops.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 2, Insightful) by anubi on Saturday January 13 2018, @09:15AM
I think the other problem is a group of kids today is seen as a "gang".
In my day, it was just a group of kids.
Seems like the instant you take your eyes off your kids today, some gang recruiter is after them like Jehovah's Witnesses after converts.
The kids aren't wised up enough to see what's going on.
You get older, seen more, and you know exactly what the cult promoters are after. They derive their power from the obedience of whoever they can "lead". Whether it be by physical force, blackmail, or faith of delusion.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]