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Good luck with that. How are they going to prove it's social media and not a kid's shitty home life that caused suicide or depression?
And what about the parents themselves? Aren't they the ones that should be exercising parental controls on what kids view or participate online?
And finally, just what in the hell do kids need with a smartphone anyway?
And who is going to get the money? Lawyers. Lawyers who see no end to the ways they can F up every piece of life in America.
ReplyDeleteIt's California--proof is unnecessary.
ReplyDeleteThat bill of course will exclude kids getting addicted to liberal BS?
ReplyDeleteNot bragging, just stating a fact. At our church (traditional Latin Mass church in the Diocese of Boise located in North Idaho"), the kids not only don't have smart phones - most have no phones at all. Computer use is closely monitored - if allowed at all, and most are home schooled. It would be hard to find a more well mannered, smarter, and happier bunch of young peeps anywhere.
ReplyDeleteMost laws are written by lawyers. This is just another law sponsored by shysters looking for deep pockets to raid.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your last question, the kids today need a smartphone to find porn to beat off to (guys), or bully girls lower than themselves on the social totem pole (girls and faggot boys).
ReplyDeleteI kept my kids off that shit as long as I could, but eventually the social pressure exceeded my influence.
When I was a young parent, I was sure I could keep my kids off that---and deal with the attitude that would come from my children as a result of my being a luddite. I was wrong. I forgot how single-minded and persistent a 12 year old can be when they are begging for some item they need to fit in. I finally gave up, at 12 years of age 3 of my 4 now have (or are about to get) smartphones.
The worst part is knowing that -- for a fact -- that damned thing made my oldest become far less intelligent and excited than she'd been before. And no one in the house seemed to notice that change began about 1 week after she got her first phone.
But is that the fault of fucking tictock? Partly/mostly. Should I be able to sue tictock because *I* was weak and gave in? Hell no. It's *my* fault. tictock just found a niche to exploit.
-Just a Chemist
Pretty easy to see from my vantage point.
ReplyDeleteMy oldest kid got a phone for his birthday last year.
He went from being a normal, happy kid to depressed and talking about self-harm within a period of about 10 months.
Took his phone from him, and found he managed to bypass a few of the filters we put on it. Lots of porn, lots of chats with other "kids" including some where they were calling him all sorts of horrible names and telling him to kill himself.
I took the phone outside, pulled out my DP-12 shotgun and blew it to bits.
Fast forward 6 months and he's doing well in school, back to hanging out with friends in real life, spending time with his family, and he even went out and got a job to earn money. He's studying to become an electrician.
If one of out five kids has a cell phone, and it's that one out of five kids that is developing signs of mental issues, depression, etc...you can kinda put two and two together...if you aren't a shitty parent.