It just feels like scaremongering (or as you point out in this case, a link to some moneymaking scheme): phones are evil, technological drugs warping young people's minds. Obviously there is going to be good and bad in everything, that feels common sense. And like all other 'scary' things in society, bans or abstinence are rarely the answer, but knowledge and education is. Phones give young people access to a wealth of knowledge, tools and support, access to community and sometimes safety. To dismiss this all because the potential dangers is as ridiculous as all sliding scale arguments.
Said as a counsellor of young adults and author of soon to be published book A Guide to Working Therapeuticcally with Young Adults 🤣
It just feels like scaremongering (or as you point out in this case, a link to some moneymaking scheme): phones are evil, technological drugs warping young people's minds. Obviously there is going to be good and bad in everything, that feels common sense. And like all other 'scary' things in society, bans or abstinence are rarely the answer, but knowledge and education is. Phones give young people access to a wealth of knowledge, tools and support, access to community and sometimes safety. To dismiss this all because the potential dangers is as ridiculous as all sliding scale arguments.
Said as a counsellor of young adults and author of soon to be published book A Guide to Working Therapeuticcally with Young Adults 🤣