The Consequences of Giving Your Kids a Phone

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"I think that the social media companies really want to point the finger at parents, but they're completely outgunned. Most parents had no idea what they were in for when they got their kids a phone," she says. "You don't realize that you're giving your kid this license to be exposed to all kinds of nonsense and to be subject to these apps."

Congress has yet to pass legislation regulating social media companies, so parents are taking matters into their own hands. A lawyer representing them explains how a new spin on an old legal theory might lead to a big win.

This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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