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The Tech Industry’s War on Kids: How psychology is being used as a weapon against children

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Tags: screen addiction, psychology
https://medium.com/@richardnfreed/the-tech-industrys-psychological-war-on-kids-c452870464ce

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Title
The Tech Industry's Psychological War on Kids - Richard Freed - Medium
Authors
Richard Freed
Published
Mar 12 2018
Word count
5896 words

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  1. demifiend
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    When I was growing up, shrinks writing books were worried about kids watching TV all the time. Now it's games and social media. Frankly, the parents have failed their children. They failed to...

    When I was growing up, shrinks writing books were worried about kids watching TV all the time. Now it's games and social media.

    Frankly, the parents have failed their children. They failed to overthrow capitalism.

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  2. sublime_aenima
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    I wish I could say that is baffling to me, but I used to spend about 10-12 hours a day on reddit. We limit our kids to about 2 hours of screen time a day, although most days it’s not that much. My...

    According to a Kaiser Family Foundation report, younger U.S. children now spend 5 ½ hours each day with entertainment technologies, including video games, social media, and online videos

    I wish I could say that is baffling to me, but I used to spend about 10-12 hours a day on reddit. We limit our kids to about 2 hours of screen time a day, although most days it’s not that much. My daughter has recently started high school, so we make exceptions if she is doing actual homework. My nephew seems to be ride by YouTube though.

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