“What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones” - The Atlantic

Totally unsurprising and yet so pressing…

Without real-world freedom, children don’t get the chance to develop competence, confidence, and the ability to solve everyday problems. Indeed, independence and unsupervised play are associated with positive mental-health outcomes.

Kids being raised on screens long for real freedom. It’s like they’re homesick for a world they’ve never known.

A few thoughts:

• really glad I’m not raising my daughter is the land of mass shootings
• parents are overestimating risks at a wiiiiide rate
• very glad to live in a 15mn neighborhood where anything we might need is within 15mn on foot, bike, or public transport.

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