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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've watched my kids interact with friends and I'd say it seems 90% of the dialogue revolves around phones - group chats, taking pictures, snapchatting stories, fake instagram goof photos, showing a funny meme, watching youtube clips.

It all seems so pointless and stupid. If only all parents were on board of the no phone rule...[/quote]

If only all parents would stop trying to dictate how their teens interact with friends.  So what if 90% of the dialogue revolves around phones?[/quote]

When your kids grow up and cannot interact person-to-person, face-to-face, without anxiety and awkwardness, don't ask why. Of course, [b]you're probably the type who will call potential employers when they have an interview, anyway[/b].

And also when their memories are "remember using the dog filter on Snapchat?!" instead of making things, talking, playing games, and other interactive in-person activities that don't involve a screen. [/quote]

Do you not see the irony here?  YOU are the one seeking to dictate how her [i]teenage[/i]r (altho I suspect you don't yet have a teenager) interacts with her friends.  You are a helicopter parent.  Yet, you accuse me of being one when I'm the one saying let them demonstrate their independence and responsibility.

You clearly have little experience with observing what teens do with their phones.  The are 'making' videos (heads up, teenagers don't do the arts & crafts projects ES kids love).  They [b]are[/b] playing games together and they are most certainly talking and interacting.  I can assure you that having a phone at a sleepover isn't going to doom any kid to poor social skills, anxiety and awkwardness.

Feel free to post back when your kid's a teenager and has a sleepover with her teenaged friends.

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