She advocates for prohibiting the use of phones with internet capabilities to those under 16, and states that the best parental control is, precisely, the parents
      • yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        To cutoff children from smartphones when they are in an abusive household. So many children are able to identify/get out of their situation using their phone

      • ulkesh@beehaw.orgEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        Given the context, it seems to make sense that they mean it’s a bad idea to withhold smartphones from children in such a situation.

        I would argue that they don’t need a smartphone specifically, but some means of external communication (a prepaid normal flip phone, for example).