TLDR:
Making your kids go without smartphones could be difficult because their friends will most likely have phones and will most likely leave your kid out of events and conversations.
Yeah, sounds about right. America is pretty atomized and alienated right now. Not a lot of strong community in most places.
Does that even exist anywhere? Living in the suburbs is pure fucking hell, but I imagine pretty much everyone is lonely to a degree these days in the YOU ESS AAYH
Not that I’m aware of. I think there are probably still weird Christian cults and Mormons (redundant) that have community activities, but everyone I know has been getting increasingly alienated and isolated for years. I’ve basically lost all my friends and only talk to a few people on discord and you lot.
