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[quote=Anonymous]When my teen was about your DD's age, she bought an iTouch with her own money and it is definitely in the top five of parenting decisions I regret.  While your restrictions sound reasonable on their face, in my experience you would wind up forever restricting, allowing, and taking away the device.  You will spend way too much time monitoring its use.  Peer usage - which is much higher than what you (and I) want - will play a significant role as well.

The iTouch will open your DD's world to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, sexting, unsupervised internet use, excessive texting, and the new idea that something didn't happen unless you have a selfie to prove it.

My takeaway: don't buy or allow any device unless you are willing to allow almost complete functionality of it (other than putting it away at a certain time each night, leaving it at home on certain family outings, etc.)  If you don't think your child can be responsible with the games, camera, internet, etc. yet, don't buy it yet.[/quote]

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