Which brings me to my last point: the device itself. If Carney really wanted to be audacious, he would ban the purchase of smartphones for children, not just social media. Of course, parents could act on their own and buy their kids no phone, or just a “dumbphone,” thereby saving themselves a pile of money and grief. The question is, why don’t they? Maybe if they stop scrolling, and see how it feels, they will.
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