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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The bigger conversation that would be a lot of fun (I mean the kind of fun one only finds in this forum) is how completely effed up our kids are because we gave them cell phones.  School policies aren't the problem,  WE are the problem. [b]The access to toxic social media and secretive chat apps is the biggest parenting fail in history. The phones and apps are bad enough, but the secrecy iOS provides to children under 18 year olds is disastrous.[/b]  It's very unlikely your kid will die in a mass shooting at school, and more unlikely their phone would've saved them. More likely is they die of fentanyl laced drugs they accessed through Snapchat.  Or that they have severe anxiety or other psycho/physical problems from social media exposure.  Or that their nudes are floating around school. Or they are watching and being shaped by horrible influencers. Or that they are just generally addicted to screens and living life in a 2x4 collection of pixels.  Do you have the courage to take the phone away?  To really learn how to use parental controls, as meek as they are?  How about buying your kid the Bark phone and telling them you don't care if it's uncool? Pro tip: If your kid doesn't have a phone yet, check out Bark!! We love our iPhones but they are terrible for kids.[/quote]

I agree with this wholeheartedly. I can't understand for the life of me why parents think Snapchat is okay for kids. Just last night my DH said that he's concerned our youngest kid's lack of Snapchat is hindering his social life and we had a great conversation about all the things happening on Snapchat that our older kids now confess to that they NEVER told us about when they were younger. The lack of supervision and accountability is horrible. Particularly for pre-teens, but for many immature teenagers too.

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