@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoParents turn to smartwatches for their children amid global phone screen-time pushbackwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down113
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minus-squareTony BarklinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 months agoI’m sure it works in theory but wearing that for however long sounds a bit much. Now, is it a good idea? That’s a whole another can of worms.
minus-square@MNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-22 months agoReasonable point, but people have worn watches all day for centuries. Just clean then and rotate wrists.
minus-square@AbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoSomething that big and heavy on a kid’s arm is going to get uncomfortable after like ten minutes.
minus-square@MNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoOne watch, the Garmin Bounce, weights 37.2 g. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/714945#specs Hardly heavy.
minus-square@AbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoThat’s not so bad. I was looking at the picture in the article. That thing is enormous compared to the kid’s arm.
minus-square@MNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoUnderstandable, the watch is the photo does appear large. Kid’s arms are tiny.
minus-square@sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoI have a Pixel Watch that’s about that size (36g IIRC), and I don’t like wearing it, and I’m a grown adult. I got my kids cheap Casios, and they’re like 20g. Way better.
minus-square@insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoMy kid has it in their schoolbag, just wears it on the way home and later if they go out. They don’t have to wear it all the time.
I’m sure it works in theory but wearing that for however long sounds a bit much. Now, is it a good idea? That’s a whole another can of worms.
Reasonable point, but people have worn watches all day for centuries. Just clean then and rotate wrists.
Something that big and heavy on a kid’s arm is going to get uncomfortable after like ten minutes.
One watch, the Garmin Bounce, weights 37.2 g. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/714945#specs
Hardly heavy.
That’s not so bad. I was looking at the picture in the article. That thing is enormous compared to the kid’s arm.
Understandable, the watch is the photo does appear large. Kid’s arms are tiny.
I have a Pixel Watch that’s about that size (36g IIRC), and I don’t like wearing it, and I’m a grown adult.
I got my kids cheap Casios, and they’re like 20g. Way better.
My kid has it in their schoolbag, just wears it on the way home and later if they go out. They don’t have to wear it all the time.