Valuetainment - December 23, 2025


＂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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00:00:00.000 that 64% of Americans support banning teenagers from social media.
00:00:04.040 This is a new poll that just came out.
00:00:06.140 A Fox News poll reveals that about two-thirds of Americans and parents
00:00:09.240 backed the idea of banning teenagers under the age of 16 from social media
00:00:12.920 and removing cell phone from K-12 classroom.
00:00:16.600 A new poll shed light on the growing concern among American voters and parents
00:00:20.800 regarding the impact of social media and cell phone usage on children.
00:00:24.080 The survey, which involved interviewing 1,001 registered voters,
00:00:27.140 found that 64% of participants favored banning social media for children
00:00:31.060 under the age of 16, while 35% opposed the measure.
00:00:34.160 Interestingly, the number remains consistent amongst parents,
00:00:37.280 64% supporting the ban, 36% opposing it.
00:00:40.660 The poll results are highlighted, a partisan divide on the issue
00:00:44.240 with 73% of Republicans backing the social media ban
00:00:47.780 compared to 56% of Democrats banning it.
00:00:51.280 So Democrats want it to be open, Republicans want it to be banned.
00:00:53.820 This suggests that while there is broad support for protecting children
00:00:59.040 from potential dangers of social media,
00:01:01.100 Republicans are more likely to advocate for stricter regulations.
00:01:03.680 In addition to the social media ban,
00:01:05.580 the survey asks participants about their views on banning cell phones
00:01:08.580 in K-12, a staggering 69% support the idea, while 31% don't.
00:01:14.580 Why the hell would you want cell phones in a classroom anyways?
00:01:17.640 Brandon, your thoughts on this?
00:01:18.700 Yeah, I can't think of a single upside to somebody who's under the age of 16
00:01:23.040 having access to social media.
00:01:24.820 It's only like, what, maybe a 10-year sample size of kids.
00:01:28.480 How old were you when you got a cell phone?
00:01:30.680 Junior in high school.
00:01:32.400 So it was like 2011.
00:01:34.020 And it wasn't the cool cell phone.
00:01:35.820 It was like, I mean, because iPhones were still expensive at that time.
00:01:39.480 Yeah, so it was like those flip phones.
00:01:41.140 Nextel?
00:01:41.640 The first one I had was like that walkie-talkie Nextel phone.
00:01:43.840 Yeah, the best.
00:01:44.840 They're pretty cool.
00:01:45.340 But so that's an entirely different world, though, than what we have right now
00:01:49.060 because you couldn't even really search online with those phones.
00:01:51.040 I do think it's a good thing for kids of any age to have a basic phone
00:01:55.000 that can make phone calls if they have to get in touch with their parents
00:01:57.460 or something.
00:01:57.980 But no, I don't think there's a single positive argument you can make
00:02:01.480 for them having access to social media under that.
00:02:03.780 And we have, what, like a 10-year sample size of this experiment
00:02:06.400 of giving kids access to that for the last 10 years?
00:02:09.320 So yeah, no, I think it's something good to get ahead of
00:02:11.220 because we're seeing the results of it now.
00:02:12.440 Yeah, and I think, by the way, what was the percentage, Humberto?
00:02:16.320 It was 64.
00:02:17.460 Guess what the other, the other 36% doesn't want it.
00:02:21.640 You know why?
00:02:22.020 Because that's a digital pacifier to the kids.
00:02:25.480 Nothing drives me crazy more than when people are out.
00:02:28.620 And literally, the kid is on, I forgot where we were eating in Vegas.
00:02:31.960 Vegas, this kid had a stand, set up, iPad, headphone, eating like a robot. 0.98
00:02:38.320 The mom was just jamming nuggets in this kid's freaking mouth. 1.00
00:02:41.640 And all the other parents, the father was on ESPN. 0.99
00:02:44.580 I walked around.
00:02:45.100 I had to.
00:02:45.720 I was that nosy.
00:02:46.360 Sushi spot in Vegas.
00:02:47.140 Sushi spot in Vegas.
00:02:48.240 And I'm sitting there.
00:02:48.900 I'm like, oh my God.
00:02:49.700 And I have to get credit where credit's due.
00:02:51.440 Once in a while, okay, Brooklyn will grab my phone
00:02:53.220 and try to buy something on Amazon.
00:02:54.720 Or Tico loves to see what's happening in the world.
00:02:56.980 He'll look at like a news thing and then give it right back to me.
00:02:59.620 I'm telling you right now, the difference between kids that are sucked into the phone,
00:03:03.760 which by the way, they're getting brainwashed.
00:03:05.740 China, TikTok, whatever, ads.
00:03:08.080 They're getting sold stuff.
00:03:08.940 And then parents wonder why the kid wants certain things
00:03:11.340 because they're watching it on the phone.
00:03:13.580 I've seen it.
00:03:14.540 I've seen it live.
00:03:16.540 Dylan, Tico, Senna, they'll sit there and they're like,
00:03:19.660 what are we going to talk about?
00:03:20.880 It's engaging.
00:03:21.980 It's conversation.
00:03:22.900 Yeah, once in a while, something happens.
00:03:24.460 Let me see what happened.
00:03:25.220 Oh my God, this happened on my phone.
00:03:26.320 Like when President Trump was shot in the ear, everybody, quick.
00:03:30.980 We have to see the news.
00:03:31.760 You have to be engaged.
00:03:32.840 But giving it to them because you don't want to parent
00:03:35.200 and you don't want to play with them or do something like that.
00:03:38.080 And I get it.
00:03:39.060 It's hard.
00:03:39.780 I get it.
00:03:40.300 I'm not there yet.
00:03:41.340 But it's not.
00:03:42.480 Give me, like you said, a 10-year sample size.
00:03:44.740 How's it helping?
00:03:45.640 How's it benefiting?
00:03:46.460 Are you listening to them?
00:03:47.220 Are you learning from them?
00:03:47.980 And then we wonder why.
00:03:49.060 How'd they get on drugs?
00:03:50.000 How'd they leave?
00:03:50.540 How'd they go?
00:03:50.900 Because they're seeing people partying, smoking weed, doing cocaine.
00:03:54.280 And then they go do it and then they wonder why the kids are falling off the cliff.
00:03:57.580 Adam.
00:03:58.520 Yeah.
00:03:58.900 The cell phone is the most dangerous drug known to man at this point,
00:04:02.780 especially for teenagers.
00:04:04.340 My nephew, Rory, you know, he just turned 13.
00:04:06.480 He kind of tried to be slick this weekend.
00:04:08.440 He goes, we're going to hang out over Christmas.
00:04:10.580 I go, yeah, yeah.
00:04:11.080 He goes, can we go shopping?
00:04:12.540 I go, yeah, whatever you want to get.
00:04:13.560 He goes, can I get a cell phone?
00:04:14.940 I said, not so fast, tough guy.
00:04:17.000 I said, we're going to have to talk to mom and dad about that.
00:04:19.500 No, no, no.
00:04:20.460 Come on, Uncle Adam.
00:04:21.360 You're the cool uncle.
00:04:22.200 Nah, I ain't that cool.
00:04:24.020 Why not?
00:04:24.700 I go, because there's something called dopamine.
00:04:26.640 And when you go on social media, it's going to attract the dopamine.
00:04:29.760 And you're going to all of a sudden seek validation from others.
00:04:33.360 You're going to be sexualized with all the sexual content out there.
00:04:36.880 Because I'd rather you develop social skills than social media skills.
00:04:41.760 I want you to work on your self-esteem.
00:04:43.660 And the most important thing is I want you to be a good kid.
00:04:46.640 And not worry about what the validation of social media does to you.
00:04:50.900 I said, no, sir, we're not going to get a cell phone.
00:04:53.260 Well, we can go get some candy.
00:04:54.500 We can have a good time.
00:04:56.260 But this is the reality, is that social media has, in essence, ruined Gen Z.
00:05:01.480 They never had a chance.
00:05:03.000 You're 12 years old.
00:05:04.120 You're 10 years old.
00:05:04.720 You're 15 years old.
00:05:05.440 Your parents give you a cell phone, the most powerful thing that we've ever had in our life.
00:05:10.360 And they had no idea.
00:05:11.920 That's why I love the fact that the silver lining is here.
00:05:14.960 Talk about anxious generation.
00:05:16.780 Kids 15 and under, heed the warning. 0.74
00:05:20.020 Parents have at least heed the warning.
00:05:21.300 Yeah, maybe we shouldn't give the most powerful thing ever known to man to their kid.
00:05:26.540 So take your time.
00:05:27.860 Play it safe.
00:05:29.180 Your kids don't know how to be on social media.
00:05:30.780 Not worth it, guys.
00:05:32.460 Not worth it.
00:05:33.000 And by the way, right now, Humberto, just send me something.
00:05:35.360 The average age kid in America that gets a cell phone is 11.6 years old.
00:05:39.460 Geez.
00:05:39.880 Way too young.
00:05:40.580 11?
00:05:41.260 Way too young.
00:05:42.580 Yeah, average age.
00:05:43.340 11.6 years old is what the number is.
00:05:45.880 And that's where we're at right now in America with the age of cell phones.
00:05:49.120 Sir, do you see any of Tico or Dylan or any of their friends being sort of addicted to their phone and social media?
00:05:57.380 Do you see it?
00:05:57.980 Not all of them.
00:05:59.240 Not all of them.
00:05:59.680 Like, we have kids that we're very close to.
00:06:02.500 No.
00:06:03.460 But if you come to our, like, I had a kid the other day, came over to the house.
00:06:06.960 Oh, my God.
00:06:07.900 And he came in just the way he handled me.
00:06:13.020 And I'm like, yeah, I don't like this kid at all.
00:06:16.520 I said, I'm going to go outside.
00:06:17.800 And I just went outside.
00:06:18.860 And I literally sat there.
00:06:20.400 By the pool, you know, when I have those, what do you call it, the sits, the things you lay down on.
00:06:28.480 The clothes.
00:06:29.080 Beach bed, pool bed, whatever.
00:06:30.600 Yeah.
00:06:31.360 And I just sat there.
00:06:32.320 You know what I did?
00:06:32.860 I just looked at him like this. 1.00
00:06:34.180 And he kept doing all the dumb, silly stuff right in front of me. 0.99
00:06:40.180 So then, I already, no, I don't like this kid. 0.99
00:06:42.940 He's got to do it.
00:06:44.100 So I said, okay, you guys good?
00:06:46.480 Eat your food?
00:06:47.740 Anything else?
00:06:48.920 Meaning, get out of here.
00:06:51.340 Okay.
00:06:52.340 So they left.
00:06:54.380 Then I took my kids and one of the other kids that was with me.
00:06:57.580 And I said, so what did you guys think about that kid?
00:07:00.500 One of the kids says, oh, he was cool.
00:07:03.080 I said, really?
00:07:04.200 The other two are like, no, that kid was weird.
00:07:06.980 Not a good kid.
00:07:08.220 He did this.
00:07:09.000 He did that.
00:07:09.380 He did this.
00:07:09.860 I said, yeah, that guy's not welcome in our house ever again.
00:07:13.440 I don't want to see that kid.
00:07:14.200 Not even welcome in the house ever again.
00:07:15.680 Wow.
00:07:16.320 Cut off.
00:07:16.940 No, cut off.
00:07:17.400 I don't like that behavior.
00:07:19.360 What type of behavior was he doing?
00:07:20.520 If you lack the most basic, look, I came from a broken family, but I gave you respect.
00:07:28.400 If you were my kid's parents, my friend's parents, I gave you respect.
00:07:32.440 If that basic principle of respect wasn't taught to you by your parents, I'm not having it.
00:07:38.360 I'm not having it.
00:07:39.620 The number one thing when a kid goes to another person's house is the utmost respect.
00:07:45.560 Would you like me to take my shoes off?
00:07:47.360 Can I help put this plate back?
00:07:48.780 Can I do this?
00:07:49.340 Can I do that?
00:07:49.920 You don't just go walk upstairs running around like you own the place, especially the first
00:07:54.080 time.
00:07:54.840 Zero.
00:07:55.880 Zero.
00:07:56.840 So parents have to be a little bit involved.
00:07:58.560 And by the way, I had something going on when I did that.
00:08:00.960 But whatever I had going on, I had to go sit down and make sure my kids are, you know,
00:08:05.180 hearing from me on how processing issues.
00:08:07.520 Anyways, the other night, my wife's hosting some of her friends over at the house with Bible
00:08:12.420 study.
00:08:12.940 Anyways, they're doing their thing.
00:08:14.140 They're having their food.
00:08:14.800 They're laughing.
00:08:15.760 And I come in.
00:08:16.620 There's like 20 cars in front of our house.
00:08:18.340 My security freaks out.
00:08:19.460 He's thinking something's going on.
00:08:21.300 I said, no, no, no.
00:08:21.860 I think there's something.
00:08:22.720 I think Jen told me.
00:08:23.480 And I forgot.
00:08:24.060 Obviously, I forget we had some.
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