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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve been teaching DD16 how to drive, so we’ve spent a lot of time in the car together recently. Last weekend, we had a long talk about social media, phones and media exposure more generally. We raised our kids on a very low-media diet. One TV in the basement, occasional movie nights, no regular watching of TV shows. Older DC got a phone at 13. This DD got one at 11 because of Covid isolation, but did not have any social media until the middle of 9th grade. She said some of it was hard in the moment, but right now, she appreciates it. She thinks it made her more creative and better at problem-solving, and increased her media literacy and skepticism of claims made online. As a parent, I think phones for communication in middle school were fine, and I’m glad we stuck to our limits on social media. There’s a lot of evidence that social media does real harm to middle school girls. [/quote]
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