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Middle school removes bathroom mirrors to stop kids from making TikToks::Southern Alamance Middle School in Graham, North Carolina has taken drastic steps to reduce the time kids spend outside of class.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is there research consensus on when children should be given phones? I would personally be very conservative about it, honestly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I agree! There's a campaign pushing to avoid giving kids phones until 8th grade, but I think even that seems a bit too young