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[quote=Anonymous]We were very cautious with social media. We ended up allowing SnapChat at 13, Instagram at 14. No Tiktok. I would have waited longer but like you said, this is how the kids communicate these days and the potential social isolation won out. We did come up with very clear rules though. Our rules are don’t follow anyone you don’t know in real life (more so on snap). parents must be able to follow and have passwords. Under 15, downtime with these apps inaccessible from 10/11pm-9am, and during school hours. Phones charge downstairs at night. No phone in the bedrooms. I may be missing a couple but these were the big ones. Our oldest is a pretty easy kid and a mature sole. I’ve overheard her lecturing friends and siblings about screen addiction and social media. And this was a kid who begged for all of it starting in fourth grade. I get the desire to avoid it, but social media is a fact of parenting teens. This approach has worked well for our family.[/quote]
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