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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No and your daughter shouldn’t have it regardless of who else does. [/quote]

This is the correct answer.[/quote]

Correct.  Get your 11 yo off Tik Tok and off social media.  [/quote]

People who think their 11 year olds don’t have accounts is fooling themselves. They all have them. [/quote]

You’re deluding yourself.  Not all parents allow their children to access inappropriate content and violate terms of service agreements.[/quote]

DD 12 doesn't have an account (or a phone) and some of her friends do and some of her friends don't.  Having gone through this with my teens, I think waiting until 13 is totally fine.  It doesn't kill their social life--there are always a few kids around who don't and the ones who do enjoy showing whatever their watching to DD (I'm fine with this kind of peripheral participation below 13--her older siblings show her things too).  When she turns 13 we'll have a talk about how she participates, what would "trigger" my monitoring and/or cutting off access.
(I do understand why some parents give kids phones earlier for safety/convenience, but DD's school is 2 blocks away so we don't have the tension around needing a phone for after-school activities etc--if she needs a phone she takes our "home cell phone" -- which is a phone/line that is sort of up for grabs and is just for texting/calling).  I have found it useful to have just established guidelines for the age at which different things are allowed--and the older siblings help bc if they had to wait until 13, no way the "baby" is going to get a phone with internet access before 13.[/quote]

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