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[quote=Anonymous]As a parent, you feeling left out of tiktok and Snapchat is a feature, not a bug. Those things are terrible (objectively, researched based terrible) for everyone’s mental health and particularly young teens.

Texting, group chats, and talking on the phone, though, with existing friends, I am receptive to that desire, and I bet your parents would be too. Friendships are so important.

Do some research. Ask around at school. Are there other kids who don’t have any social media, but have the ability to text? How? Are these special devices? Special plans? How are they restricted? If you can present a specific, reasonable solution that would allow you talk/text/group chat only, no social media or web browsing, your parents might be amenable. You could even maybe given them the parents numbers of any kids you find with these types of devices - your parents might be interested in chatting with them about their experiences.

Also - how old are your parents? If you provide their ages, we can probably provide some equivalents to their generation that will help get your message across. (I’m thinking “this is like you not having AOL instant messenger in middle school, mom. It’s making it impossible for me to socialize!”)

And volunteer screen time limits, particularly an evening stop time when the phone (or whatever the device ends up being) is charging downstairs and out of your room. [/quote]

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