DOC WANTS TO BAN SMARTPHONES FOR KIDS UNDER 13

There’s a movement in Colorado to stop the sale of smartphones for use by children younger than 13 years old. A group called Parents Against Underage Smartphones is working to get the initiative on the 2018 ballot. It would prohibit retailers from selling a smartphone “to a person under the age of 13, or to any person who indicates that the smartphone will be wholly or partially owned by a person under the age of 13.” The man behind the proposal, Dr. Timothy Farnum, a board certified anesthesiologist, says that once children get a smartphone, they change. “They go from being outgoing, energetic, interested in the world and happy, to reclusive. They want to spend all their time in their room. They lose interest in outside activities.” Farnum said. “Eventually kids are going to get phones and join the world, and I think we all know that, but little children, there’s just no good that comes from that.”
* Look, doc, just because your kids hate talking to YOU …
* If kids don’t get smartphones, how are they supposed to help their parents manage theirs?
* “Sir, who are you buying this additional phone for?” “The dog.”
* If he thinks kids are reclusive now, wait ’til everybody has VR goggles.