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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a balance. If you don't protect the kid enough, they can head in the wrong direction.

If you overprotect, you run the risk of rebellion for the sake of rebellion (so you inadvertently led them to do exactly what you didn't want them to do), creating an easy mark (too sheltered or naive), making a husk of a person who doesn't know who they are, etc, when they enter the real world.

At least if they explore while still at home, you have some control.[/quote]

DC is 13, no phone (among the last hold outs in peer group!). I can monitor browsing and used to do so much more closely. We also had one of the Circle devices, which was easy enough to google workarounds. Now monitor periodically, but also encouraging independence, decision making and good judgement. I've found that since I've backed off, DC is more open to asking questions, especially about things overheard at school, or on a friend's phone during lunch or after school. As parents, we walk a tightrope and need to constantly adjust. I don't have all the answers (I doubt any of you do, either). I accept that some mistakes will be made along the way and hope to learn from them. [/quote]

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