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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]15:32, it may actually be #cluelessdad.  That post reeks of mansplaining.[/quote]

It just reeks of a parent who likes being a friend and is trying to rationalize her "parenting" skills. [/quote]

This is really over the top. Giving your child a phone now means you want to be their best friend? It couldn't have anything to do with emergencies, tracking, entertainment?

On the flip side, you could easily say that it is over-protective and clueless parenting to shield your child from technologies because you didn't have them as a kid and you are too lazy to learn the mechanisms that keep your phone and child safe. [b]Or too lazy to monitor your child and teach him/her safety.[/b]

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Haha, I didn't realize all parents who give phones are monitoring them and teaching them how to use the phones safely.  I guess Nicole Stellar's parents missed the memo.  [/quote]

Of course not all parents are monitoring, But neither are all parents who give their kids phones clueless or trying to be their kid's best friends. Lots of our kid's lives comes with risks. I was billie mercilessly in school, so it is tempting for me not to send my kid to school. But we need to balance the way our kids actually live with our own fears and work on mitigating risk, not eliminating it. Because it is not possible.
Meant Nicole Lovell[/quote][/quote]

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