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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does your 11 year old have a smart phone? No phone. No app. No problem.[/quote] We did not let ours have one until 13 although most kids don’t n her grade had one earlier. They find ways to start social Media accounts on their school Computers that even get around the school Monitoring software and on iPads which the School earlier requested we get for daily IXL … I still regret following school advice about that. I don’t think not allowing a phone is a long term solution to helping teens to navigate social Media wisely … [/quote] This is just a parenting fail. [/quote] Hmm let’s see. Some of the most smug parents I know about how wonderful their parenting and kids are have no idea what their kids get up to online. Their kids tend to be the mean judgmental ones who alienate everyone by their self righteous know it all blanket negative judgments about people. This escalates online into nasty spats and name calling. We held off with a phone as long as we could. We set limits and our daughter shows me everything she posts for prior approval. I also have seen what other girls in her year are posting and sometimes it is fine but often it is not. My daughter and I trust each other. That is not a parenting fail. [/quote] Except that it is. You can trust your child but it is inappropriate to give them access to the ills of the world when they are too young to process the content. You displace the responsibility to regulate your child's behavior onto a mind that is not developmentally capable. This is not trust. It it irresponsible parenting. It's also not judgmental. It is a fact. [/quote]
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