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Brad Schimel: “Does your 12 year old really need to have a smartphone?”

Featuring: Brad Schimel, Republican | Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, Waukesha County

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Brad Schimel On 'Positive Tuesday

Published | Video Starts at 32:23

You got to ask the question, does your 12 year old really, really need to have. Now I just lost the vote of all the 12 year olds here. Does your 12 year old really need to have a smartphone? Do they really need to have access to that stuff? Because it's there. They're gonna see it. You can't control it. You can put all sorts of apps that limit their access to it. (32:23–32:28)

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Questions the necessity of smartphones for 12-year-olds due to exposure risks.

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