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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Um, accepting your premise that other people are the problem.

What is your plan for how to parent your child in light of that reality?[/quote]

Are you really that dull?  She IS parenting her child.  She's just venting about the flack we all get listening to our kids complain because their friends parents are too permissive.  Doesn't mean we're going to cave.  Good Lord.[/quote]

Thanks or the insult.

I can be more explicit. Sure, venting is fine. But let me offer a different approach to parenting (and life).

One lesson I like to model for my kids is that not everybody is going to feel the same way or behave the same way as them and they only get to control themselves.  IT is wasted energy to complain about other people. The environment is what it is.  And we need to learn to adapt and live our values within it.

Another lesson I like to model to my kids is self-regulation and connection.  My son does indeed have controls on certain social media apps that limit use. He has his phone all the time though.  This allows him to stay connected and yes talk to his friends in the wee hours of the night if he wants to (like we all did decades ago on a landline phone.)   [/quote]

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