After getting a phone for our 5-year-old, I received predictable opprobrium and skepticism from other parents, and honestly thought they might be right. But after a while, I think it’s actually a great idea to get one this young, for three reasons: 🧵
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@glyph Did you really receive opprobrium from like... people in person? Or is that exaggeration? Who was this from?
I can't imagine anyone that I would voluntarily spend time with providing anything I would describe as "opprobrium" over a parenting decision like this, but maybe I'm a bit naïve, or imagining a different kind of interaction.
@pganssle definitely exaggerating a little bit here, and the context of anything approaching “opprobrium” is parenting discussion groups where there’s like… an explicit invitation to critique. But also a certain kind of involuntary side-eye can come across as opprobrium when you’re in a mandatory-socializing context such as school :-)