On 6/14/2014 12:20 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/14/14, 12:02 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

I relate the same thing to the violence we read about everyday and the
attempts to apply mood altering drugs to kids who would be perfectly
normal if you took their cell phones away and had them join a youth
baseball team or something to occupy their time, learn to interact with
others and, learn that sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.


I haven't seen any papers on the impact of cell phone removal and the
return of kids to ordinary behavior. Sounds like a great idea for a
fully funded study.


IMO that's part of the problem that exists today. The concept and
application of parental common sense has been replaced by a perceived
requirement for fully funded studies.