Are Dumb Phones a Smart Choice for Kids?

It's My Screen Time Too

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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