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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Social media is toxic.  Taking that addiction with you to college doesn't change that fact.[/quote]

So what are you going to do?[/quote]

Same approach as teen alcohol use, drug/marijuana abuse, etc.:

- you are not using with my consent while you are living in my house.

If teens want to get blackout-drunk, go to orgies, or smoke themselves out of college on weed, it’s true:  I can’t stop it (hopefully I’ve raised them better than that).

But I sure as hell am not going to supply my kid with unlimited vodka & weed throughout their high school years in the misplaced hope they somehow “learn moderation.”

I meant what I said about the toxicity of social media, and yes - the harm can be as bad or worse than drugs & alcohol.

Just ask all the moms of dead teen girls who committed suicide while suffering Instagram addictions (yeah, Insta contributes to teen suicide; Google it).

YMMV.[/quote]

I think you're missing the point. The goal is not to adversarially obstruct access as much as possible, delaying the inevitable. The goal is to raise an adult who is willing and able to make good decisions about what to use, how, and how much.[/quote]

NP - I don't see PP's approach as being adversarial or obstructive for no reason.  Plenty of parents supply their teens with alcohol out of some mistaken belief that it will help them learn to drink moderately or similar nonsense.  Similarly, plenty of parents let their too-young kids have unlimited access to social media thinking they will "advise them" on it when in reality, almost no advising occurs.

But really, I agree with another poster that this question can't be serious.  My oldest is 13, so, of course we restrict her social media use (she has none, at least not on her phone).  That has almost nothing to do with the approach we'll take when she goes to college, presumably at age 18.[/quote]

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