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YouTube's CEO limits his kids' social media use – other tech bosses do the same

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209 points pseudolus | 3 comments | 13 Dec 25 12:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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orochimaaru ◴[13 Dec 25 14:44 UTC] No.46254861[source]▶
Screen time features exist on most devices. Parents - please set them up. It doesn’t take a lot of effort. I limit my kids for 1/2 hr of screen time per day. I exclude apps like iMessage, phone and maps.

Yeah - they do ask for more time here and there. But it’s pretty well controlled and they adjust to it

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1. eitally ◴[13 Dec 25 15:53 UTC] No.46255436[source]▶
Personally (as parent of two high schoolers) I think leaving texting unmanaged is wild. We block social media apps (Snap, IG, etc) and also regular media (YT, Netflix, Disney+, Tubi, etc). Social media because of toxic content and regular media because of distractions. We limit messaging app time to 30min/day, whether it's SMS/RCS, Whatsapp, Telegram, or something else.

By far the most distracting thing for kids is persistent notifications. Snap is the worst for this, but messaging apps are a close second.

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2. peterbecich ◴[13 Dec 25 19:28 UTC] No.46257164[source]▶
Great point. We need parental controls for throttling non-critical notifications.

Study: Average teen received more than 200 app notifications a day https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/study-average-te...

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