• Are Dumb Phones a Smart Choice for Kids?

  • Jul 17 2024
  • Length: 21 mins
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Are Dumb Phones a Smart Choice for Kids?

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  • We talk about the trend of people dumping their smartphones for so-called dumb phones and whether this could be a smart strategy for our kids. We reminisce about our favorite flip phones and catch up on what we’re watching with our kids and what’s on our grown-up screen time watch lists.

    Previous episodes we mention:

    • Despicable Me 4

    Americans are ditching smartphones for 'dumb' devices that only call and text to avoid 'zombie mode' by Rob Waugh, June 30, 2024, in The Daily Mail

    Vice’s roundup of the best dumbphones from January https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akyyy/best-dumb-phones

    Some books:

    The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

    The Quiet Zone by Stephen Kurczy

    Jonathan Chait, political columnist for New York Magazine

    Gabb phones

    Our beloved Motorola RAZR

    Here’s what we’re watching with our kids this week:

    • Doctor Who
    • Lion King
    • Unfrosted

    Here’s what we’re watching during grown up screen time:

    • Suits
    • The Bear

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