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[quote=Anonymous]From someone with slightly older (13 and 15) kids, I think that you really need to monitor or supervise kids with social media. It's kind of funny that people on this online forum are saying kids should not have access to current technology.

My 15 year old has facebook, instagram and now snapchat and I trust him. My 13 year old does not have social media because he doesn't want it yet. When he does, we will have rules about monitoring until I feel he can be trusted.  Plus he uses it for group things at school.

But, I am always surprised at how people think it's either say absolutely no or else yes with no restrictions. When you start, please make rules.

Ours are:

phones are plugged in the for the night in the kitchen, not bedrooms
no posting pictures without permission of those in the picture (and I sadly have to follow this too so if my 15 year old doesn't want me to post a funny pic of him, I don't)
I have passwords and will check periodically
same rules for kindness etc as in regular life

Once you give phones and social media it's really hard to make your rules more strict so start strict and become more flexible as kids earn their trust.

My 15 year old is a sophomore and is going away to college in a few years. I'd rather him practice while under my supervision.
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