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[quote=Anonymous]My DD is 9 and we had a sleepover last night with a few other friends same age.  As per usual, they stayed up late talking and laughing in DD's room.  We checked a few times - and realized that one girl brought her cell phone and they were watching videos/playing games/recording videos with each other.

We strongly believe 9 is too young for a cell phone, and it seems most other parents agree, as there was only 1 there.  Even when our children do get phones/ipods/whatever, they're not going to be allowed to have them at night in their rooms.

So what can you do?  Would you feel comfortable telling another child no cell phone in the room?  Or to turn it off?  At 11:30 pm I told her to put it down on the night stand and she quickly complied - but at some point she grabbed it again, and I heard her say she listened to music to fall asleep.

Do you talk to other parents and tell them you're going to insist on no devices after a reasonable time (like 11 pm)?  WWYD?  [/quote]

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