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[quote=Anonymous]I have 18-year-old twins. Both got phones at the start of middle school.

I regret doing it at that age big time. But, here's the thing. It was a problem for one, not the other. It's one boy and one girl, and it was the girl for whom it was a problem.

So, you can argue it's kid specific, but like with other things in life, you don't know until you do it. One had the maturity to regulate, one did not. One had the ability to put it down when it was time to focus on schoolwork, etc., one did not.

That said, the things you bring up WOULD be happening without a phone. They are standard stupid tween things. The phone is how it's communicated now a days, but that stuff was happening when we were kids too, and there is a very think argument that the phone has made you aware in a way that you would not be if she did not have it. That doesn't mean the phone is a good thing, but don't blame the phone. Also don't blame yourself. Tweens and teens, and especially girls, are on the whole very insecure. They do anything, including stupid things (vaping, lying) to fit in. It's an awful phase, but it does pass. [/quote]

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