(April 18, 2024) A Movieguide® Contributor reports this concern…
Social psychologist and NYU professor Jonathan Haidt urges parents to keep their middle schoolers away from smartphones.
‘We’ve got to let kids get through at least early puberty. Get this all out of middle school. Let’s really protect middle schoolers’ brains. Give them a flip phone if you want to communicate with them, not a smartphone,’ Haidt said while appearing on FOX & FRIENDS.
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He explained that smartphones ‘lock you in’ in a way that flip phones don’t due to the lack of easy access to social media platforms.
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