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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Most of the tension lately involves desire for social media. That is a hard no from me and she will not accept it. [/quote]

I have a mildly inappropriate crush on Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles, and therefore follow a slew of teenage girls on Instagram. I can assure you that even when their parents take away their phones, they are still maintaining their accounts.

When my DD wanted Facebook, I told her no.  When she wanted Instagram, I said yes, but only if she was friends with me on it. We agreed that I can like but not comment, and I wouldn't like until several of her friends liked, so my name wouldn't show up.  [b]When I saw she'd set up a second account[/b], I confronted her about it and told her what bothered me about why most kids do it.  I do not follow that one, but I check it every so often.

You will not win, on keeping her off social media. Even if her account is on a different friend's phone. So I rather have transparency and discuss the issues that can come up and work with DD to find solutions.  She is in 11th grade and still follows certain rules - no phone during meals, no phones a half hour before bed and through the night, etc.[/quote]
How did you find out she'd set up a second account? [/quote]

I follow a bunch of her friends, who follow me back.  I did a little poking around.  Someone also made a fan account of DD, which I find hilarious (it's a teen girl who just REALLY likes DD's Tik Toks). [/quote]

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