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The Anxious Generation book & internet safety proficiency

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nonbinaryfinery · 12/12/2024 08:22

Apologies for the lengthy title.

The book The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, had me thinking about what something like internet safety proficiency might look like. That's not a phrase from the book, but rather something I came up with for the sake of the post. It's a pretty good book, but you don't need to have read it to answer this post.

Suppose that we decide that teens are not allowed access to a smartphone and social media, until they are 16 years old. Further suppose that the teens have to pass a test to indicate they're ready to use both responsibly, (perhaps compare it to the theory aspect of a driving test) what do you think that test should look like? What sort of things would you want to see asked in something like that to indicate proficiency?

I admit I am posting here for traffic, but for the sake of playing by the rules, AIBU to think a test like this would be a good idea for Gen Alpha onwards?

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