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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or rather:

- why do you give your children social media, when it is designed to addict them, and is known to be harmful to children and teens? [/quote]

Because like it or not, SM is a permanent part of our lives and I would prefer to have some oversight on their early interactions with it. [/quote]

This is a good answer, kind of like parents who like to be the ones to introduce kids to responsible alcohol consumption in their teens by offering small classes of wine at family dinners or something. I can get behind this.

But I think I'd want to limit it a lot. What I really wish is that we could get more traction with parent communities and schools coming together to limit phone use and social media use along the same principles. Because that's what makes it hard. There are always some parents who give their kids early carte blanche access and even if your child doesn't hang out with those kids, it trickles down and creates a lower floor for what kids consider "reasonable" social media use.

So I'd love to hear what kind of oversight you have -- how old were your kids when you gave them access, which apps, what kind of use, how do you monitor, and do you ever worry that they are doing things you don't know about (like finsta accounts)?[/quote]

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