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Comment on The Dumbest Phone Is Parenting Genius: Landlines encourage connection—without the downsides of smartphones.

Now about 15 to 20 families in their South Portland neighborhood have installed a landline.

This is awesome.

Also, let kids walk to their friend’s home to see if they want to play or hang out. It will build independence, get them exercise, and it gives them an opportunity to physically connect with their neighbourhood.

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AndiHutch@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Walking to a friend’s house is nice as long as there’s not a big multilane highway with no pedestrian infrastructure dividing the town in between. Car dependency is a big problem in most of the US. Portland is probably a bit better than other places in that regard, but I’m sure they have still have some issues with it.

I would think this would be a good use for VOIP landlines since lots of places are probably doing away with dedicated phone wires.

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- Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  Car dependency is a big problem in most of the US.
  
  I agree, and that often ends up being the excuse why kids aren’t allowed to walk or bike to school, and it’s fucking terrible.
  
  But when you look at stats from countries in Europe, you have some countries that have kids being fully independent (in regard to walking or biking or taking public transportation) by their time they’re 10 or 11 and able to do considerably more than North American teenagers, even at younger ages. It’s kind of disgraceful for us North Americans.
  
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- baggins@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  You mean those wide, spotless manicured, tree lined roads, devoid of cars, that we see on American TV shows aren’t real?
  
  I’m shocked I tell you. Shocked!
  
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  - TehPers@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    They’re real. In gated communities.
    
    I’ve seen it before, but the homes cost multiple millions of dollars. Not in my price range lol.
    
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