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[quote=Anonymous]Having a means to text on occasion may be helpful and is a great opportunity to use the group chat activity as learning opportunities.

If you keep the lines of communication open and set broad-based guardrails (ie reserve the right to monitor, expect the child not to post photos or videos, set parameters around access, suggest they do not post anything you would not want Grandma to see, recognise anything that is written is no longer private once one hits send etc) , your child will likely share what is going on and you can talk about what types of behaviors you consider healthy vs unhealthy from your perspective.

We had great conversations about girls mimicing influencers, how algorithms work, who profits off girls' activities online and other topics because she had access when younger.

The reality is that there are all sorts of workarounds that they can figure out if motivated and so you have to educate them and expand privileges as your child demonstrates increased responsibility with the tech privileges you choose to give them. If they abuse the privilege, they need consequences.

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