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[quote=Anonymous]I would love to hear ideas from people about how they manage their middle schoolers' computer/phone time.  I feel like all of this technology is so new, it's hard to look back at what I did as a middle schooler and get any frame of reference.  We've always limited my son to about 3 hours a day on weekends, because if we didn't, he would play video games all of the time.  I have never seen him put them away on his own.  We let him get an instagram account a few months ago, and now he is on it constantly.  He doesn't have a phone, but every time he is home, I will come into a room and find him on my phone.  He is also on Clash of Clans all the time.  How do you all manage this?  It doesn't seem good for him-- he talks a lot about how he has no friends (even though he does) which makes me think seeing people doing stuff without him on instagram is bothering him.  And he no longer seems interested in spending any time with the rest of us (his parents and two younger brothers).  But I know all his peers are probably on this stuff all the time, and I don't want him to feel like an outcast if we never let him on it.  Has anyone hit upon any good solutions or compromises?  Thanks![/quote]

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