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TLDR:

Making your kids go without smartphones could be difficult because their friends will most likely have phones and will most likely leave your kid out of events and conversations.

  • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    And the difference in social skills is kind of staggering. I've seen it between kids in the city raised on smartphones and rural kids who weren't. The city kids are a lot more withdrawn and socially awkward while the rural ones are more outgoing and talkative. The rural kids also have better attention spans. Sometimes there are benefits to living in the mountains lol

    • Lerios [hy/hym]
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      3 years ago

      really? honestly i've known exactly the opposite - myself and all 5 kids i knew spread out across my rural ass county had literally no way to interact with people our own ages except online (unless you were willing to walk an hour plus to the next village to see each other lol), whereas when i moved out and met city kids, they were people who'd been able to interact with other kids their entire lives and seemed much more social and less anxious

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Rural communities here tend to be very tight-knit and there are frequent get togethers for things like house building with other villages or giant dinner parties. A lot of it comes from the indigenous groups putting a lot of emphasis on community events.

          • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            Nope. Highlands of Central America. I did live in Upstate New York for a number of years and found it to be the opposite. Most of the rural kids were in heavily religious families and had really creepy cult-like vibes. I think I was the first non-white person most of them had met. The city kids were more socialized and less spiteful overall.

            • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Yeah, sounds about right. America is pretty atomized and alienated right now. Not a lot of strong community in most places.

              • LoudMuffin [he/him]
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                3 years ago

                Does that even exist anywhere? Living in the suburbs is pure fucking hell, but I imagine pretty much everyone is lonely to a degree these days in the YOU ESS AAYH

                • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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                  3 years ago

                  Not that I'm aware of. I think there are probably still weird Christian cults and Mormons (redundant) that have community activities, but everyone I know has been getting increasingly alienated and isolated for years. I've basically lost all my friends and only talk to a few people on discord and you lot.