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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前

Parents turn to smartwatches for their children amid global phone screen-time pushback

www.straitstimes.com

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Parents turn to smartwatches for their children amid global phone screen-time pushback

www.straitstimes.com

fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前
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Children’s smartwatches allow parents to restrict app downloads, usage and calls from an approved list of contacts. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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    I’m sure it works in theory but wearing that for however long sounds a bit much. Now, is it a good idea? That’s a whole another can of worms.

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      Reasonable point, but people have worn watches all day for centuries. Just clean then and rotate wrists.

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        Something that big and heavy on a kid’s arm is going to get uncomfortable after like ten minutes.

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          One watch, the Garmin Bounce, weights 37.2 g. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/714945#specs

          Hardly heavy.

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            That’s not so bad. I was looking at the picture in the article. That thing is enormous compared to the kid’s arm.

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              Understandable, the watch is the photo does appear large. Kid’s arms are tiny.

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            I have a Pixel Watch that’s about that size (36g IIRC), and I don’t like wearing it, and I’m a grown adult.

            I got my kids cheap Casios, and they’re like 20g. Way better.

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      My kid has it in their schoolbag, just wears it on the way home and later if they go out. They don’t have to wear it all the time.

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