＂Kids Don’t Need Phones＂ - 64% of Americans Say NO to Teens on Social Media
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A new poll sheds light on the growing concern among American voters and parents regarding the impact of social media and cell phone usage on children. That's why Brandon and I think it's a good idea to ban kids under the age of 16 from having access to social media.
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that 64% of Americans support banning teenagers from social media.
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A Fox News poll reveals that about two-thirds of Americans and parents
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backed the idea of banning teenagers under the age of 16 from social media
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A new poll shed light on the growing concern among American voters and parents
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regarding the impact of social media and cell phone usage on children.
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The survey, which involved interviewing 1,001 registered voters,
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found that 64% of participants favored banning social media for children
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under the age of 16, while 35% opposed the measure.
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Interestingly, the number remains consistent amongst parents,
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The poll results are highlighted, a partisan divide on the issue
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with 73% of Republicans backing the social media ban
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So Democrats want it to be open, Republicans want it to be banned.
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This suggests that while there is broad support for protecting children
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Republicans are more likely to advocate for stricter regulations.
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the survey asks participants about their views on banning cell phones
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in K-12, a staggering 69% support the idea, while 31% don't.
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Why the hell would you want cell phones in a classroom anyways?
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Yeah, I can't think of a single upside to somebody who's under the age of 16
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It's only like, what, maybe a 10-year sample size of kids.
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It was like, I mean, because iPhones were still expensive at that time.
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The first one I had was like that walkie-talkie Nextel phone.
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But so that's an entirely different world, though, than what we have right now
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because you couldn't even really search online with those phones.
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I do think it's a good thing for kids of any age to have a basic phone
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that can make phone calls if they have to get in touch with their parents
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But no, I don't think there's a single positive argument you can make
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for them having access to social media under that.
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And we have, what, like a 10-year sample size of this experiment
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of giving kids access to that for the last 10 years?
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So yeah, no, I think it's something good to get ahead of
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Yeah, and I think, by the way, what was the percentage, Humberto?
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Guess what the other, the other 36% doesn't want it.
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Nothing drives me crazy more than when people are out.
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And literally, the kid is on, I forgot where we were eating in Vegas.
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Vegas, this kid had a stand, set up, iPad, headphone, eating like a robot.
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The mom was just jamming nuggets in this kid's freaking mouth.
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And all the other parents, the father was on ESPN.
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Once in a while, okay, Brooklyn will grab my phone
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Or Tico loves to see what's happening in the world.
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He'll look at like a news thing and then give it right back to me.
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I'm telling you right now, the difference between kids that are sucked into the phone,
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And then parents wonder why the kid wants certain things
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Dylan, Tico, Senna, they'll sit there and they're like,
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Like when President Trump was shot in the ear, everybody, quick.
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But giving it to them because you don't want to parent
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and you don't want to play with them or do something like that.
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Because they're seeing people partying, smoking weed, doing cocaine.
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And then they go do it and then they wonder why the kids are falling off the cliff.
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The cell phone is the most dangerous drug known to man at this point,
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He goes, we're going to hang out over Christmas.
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I said, we're going to have to talk to mom and dad about that.
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I go, because there's something called dopamine.
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And when you go on social media, it's going to attract the dopamine.
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And you're going to all of a sudden seek validation from others.
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You're going to be sexualized with all the sexual content out there.
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Because I'd rather you develop social skills than social media skills.
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And the most important thing is I want you to be a good kid.
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And not worry about what the validation of social media does to you.
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I said, no, sir, we're not going to get a cell phone.
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But this is the reality, is that social media has, in essence, ruined Gen Z.
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Your parents give you a cell phone, the most powerful thing that we've ever had in our life.
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That's why I love the fact that the silver lining is here.
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Yeah, maybe we shouldn't give the most powerful thing ever known to man to their kid.
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Your kids don't know how to be on social media.
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And by the way, right now, Humberto, just send me something.
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The average age kid in America that gets a cell phone is 11.6 years old.
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And that's where we're at right now in America with the age of cell phones.
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Sir, do you see any of Tico or Dylan or any of their friends being sort of addicted to their phone and social media?
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But if you come to our, like, I had a kid the other day, came over to the house.
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And I'm like, yeah, I don't like this kid at all.
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By the pool, you know, when I have those, what do you call it, the sits, the things you lay down on.
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And he kept doing all the dumb, silly stuff right in front of me.
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Then I took my kids and one of the other kids that was with me.
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And I said, so what did you guys think about that kid?
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The other two are like, no, that kid was weird.
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I said, yeah, that guy's not welcome in our house ever again.
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If you lack the most basic, look, I came from a broken family, but I gave you respect.
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If you were my kid's parents, my friend's parents, I gave you respect.
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If that basic principle of respect wasn't taught to you by your parents, I'm not having it.
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The number one thing when a kid goes to another person's house is the utmost respect.
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You don't just go walk upstairs running around like you own the place, especially the first
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And by the way, I had something going on when I did that.
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But whatever I had going on, I had to go sit down and make sure my kids are, you know,
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