fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhoodwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square229fedilinkarrow-up1530arrow-down123cross-posted to: parentalite@jlai.luunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up1507arrow-down1external-link‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhoodwww.theguardian.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square229fedilinkcross-posted to: parentalite@jlai.luunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·9 months agoA law saying phone companies can’t open a contract for a kid without a parent present?
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoIn most US states kids under 18 can’t be held to a contract so nobody would give one to them anyway.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agoI think that’s what doublejay1999 is talking about. Look out for the hidden /s.
minus-squareTheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoEven then, they can go to a dollar store and buy a sim card for super cheap.
A law saying phone companies can’t open a contract for a kid without a parent present?
In most US states kids under 18 can’t be held to a contract so nobody would give one to them anyway.
I think that’s what doublejay1999 is talking about. Look out for the hidden /s.
:-o
Even then, they can go to a dollar store and buy a sim card for super cheap.