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‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Kids stood around and stared at their feet before swings were invented, I imagine.

[–] Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think hoops and sticks were big for a while

[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"we're children! we're children! we're children!"

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 4 points 11 months ago

"Pay no attention to Wimp Lo, we purposely trained him wrong... as a joke."

[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I think many worked. On the farm, in mines, in factories. Farmers would intentionally have many children just for extra labor. School hours and breaks are, in part, the way they are to let children work on the farm.