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Alvaro de Vicente on Dumb Phones, Feature Phones, and the New Tech Landscape
If we've decided against smart phones for our kids, can dumb phones come to the rescue? New options for families have hit the tech market, offering few or select features, and giving parents new things to consider when it comes to kids and phones in 2025. Headmaster Alvaro de Vicente offers a framework for thinking about smart phones, dumb phones, and feature phones in a culture still weighed down by anxiety and distraction.
Chapters:
4:04 Deciding when
5:17 Phones as tools
10:05 The dumb phone: what problem is it solving?
16:11 The feature phone: constant connection
17:30 Healthy friendship…
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