my parents have given me chess time limit any ideas how to find out the code

btw thats like half of the entire app store

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But most of the negative crap on the internet is created by adults. If the news for example, was really so worried about the effect of too much media on kids, they wouldn't be putting that crap out there by a factor of a million every day. This anti-media nonsense is a "do as I say not as I do" mantra. Social media I agree in general is bad, but for everyone, not specifically kids. The internet everyone needs, even if one just wants to look a random question in Google at night before going to sleep to have peace of mind..etc.

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The restrictions aren't about limiting access to playing chess they're about limiting access to the social media side of this site/app. Look at all of the kids that complain about having chess.com restricted. Are they really interested in chess and improving at the game? No. They want the social media aspect of the site.

And it's not absurd to expect young people to read books and interact with productive humans in real life so they can learn from and gain valuable life experience from those interactions.

But most of what you just said has nothing to do with the child’s screen time limits. Sure some (or many) parents go on social media way too much, but that doesn’t excuse the children to do it too. A kid needs to be responsible, and as it is clear that they cannot, it is the parents job to teach them to be, whether that be through limits, or just good ethical decisions. Anyway you say it, lots (dare I say the majority) of kids on otf in specific (not chess.com) spend much too long on here, and the majority of that is otf (which is social media). And saying they should have no limit to that is what creates the problem you talked about. It creates adults who spend 5-10 hours a day on their phones. Kids need to be taught to have self-control, or else they end up homeless. And its a parents job to teach that. So if you’re parent puts a limit on your phone, its prolly good for you. Also, it happens to be that kids with phones (and social media in general) are much more depressed. You don’t NEED a phone at 12 with internet and social media, as you say. I don’t and i’m 16 (i use a family ipad and don’t have social media).

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No, most kids are depressed due to how their problems aren't taken seriously, lack of basic human autonomy, overstressed with school, and sleep deprivation, the phone is likely just a coping mechanism, or conversely an excuse many parents defer to, to minimize those other problems. "It must be that phone". To be clear I am almost 25, and wasn't even that interested in getting a phone for the longest time (I had a gaming laptop before I had a smartphone), but this site is much more benign than mainstream social media. It is a huge percentage of kids, not like reddit/youtube/Facebook where kids get bullied by adults being called "entitled/selfish/lazy" for expressing themselves or venting about their problems. The internet is a potential lifeline for say, abused kids to look stuff up and maybe realize their home life isn't "normal" or connect to the outside world if they live in a rural area, or realize what their medical rights are if their parents are neglecting them (I know all extreme examples) but the point is I find it very hard to believe the adults who put so much effort into proving how bad social media is for kids, when they are encouraging it's use simultaneously on countless ads/websites/phone updates, are doing it out of health concerns. Seems more for pure control, like don't let the kid get exposed to anything outside what you teach them at home. That's the vibe I get from the states/Law makers that are trying to impose more and more of those restrictions (and all those states typically have a bad children's rights record as well).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE

So, so what'cha, what'cha, what'cha want?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru3gH27Fn6E

The most important social media advice I can give is never sacrifice sleep to type comments online or check the forums. But the internet is in general a necessity and even a basic requirement for Earth to eventually become a "Type 1 Civilization".

I have time limits on everything except chess and like 5 apps

This is so tragic if you're in the middle of a game and then it locks

#26 I do think chess shouldn’t be restricted, but yes phones and the internet are terrible for kids, and they should have restrictions. Kids can’t really restrict themselves at a younger age, so they’ll just end up using it like 10 hours a day, get addicted to social media, which is proven to be terrible for mental health especially in kids because kids minds are still growing and developing. It’s the same concept as alcohol being illegal until you’re 21, except it greatly harms your mental health instead of physical, which is arguably worse. It’s proven to cause a lot of people to be depressed and it’s even more harmful in kids.

#42 it’s like been proven social media is terrible for kids and addictive, if you have sources that say it’s perfectly fine send them, but you might have a very hard time finding one

No, my actual adolescent advocacy paper was almost 12 pages long. I also wrote an 8 page paper on why speed limits should be raised, but that was for a college class though.

Sleep deprivation from unreasonably early school start time, parents not taking their kids problems seriously, being too strict and unreasonable, school structure almost resembling prison, lack of basic adult autonomy for medical care/mental health treatment, those are what's actually unhealthy for kids, not whether they play 50 or 40 chess games. I'm pretty sure getting kicked off the in the middle of a game is more frustrating and will have longer lasting mental health effects than just letting them finish the game.

I changed my mind on that... But I'm gonna try and guilt him into getting a new phone now