4 Children Embrace Walkmans and Cassette Tapes After Smartphone Ban at 17
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Updated · Business Insider · Jun 7
4 Children Embrace Walkmans and Cassette Tapes After Smartphone Ban at 17
3 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Jun 7
Summary
Four children who were told they cannot have smartphones until age 17 have become avid Walkman users, with all of them now hunting thrift stores for cassette tapes.
Their mother steered them toward analog devices more than a year ago, bringing home a boombox, radio and blank tapes so they could record songs off the radio and make mixtapes.
A $30 Walkman bought for her 10-year-old son after he saw one in "Guardians of the Galaxy" helped cement the habit; he used it for hours on a road trip and at home.
The family now shops for tapes together, including Madonna and Billie Eilish cassettes, and the mother says the hobby has kept the children engaged with music without screens.