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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Not Amish (or any other religion outside the mainstream), not homeschooled. Regular kids in mainstream school. [/quote]

By no access I assume you mean no account?  Sure if they didn't create one.

But all social media platforms are available on the internet with no need for the app. I watch plenty of tik toks but don't have a tik tok account for example.

I know parents who fooled themselves for years believing their kids didn't have social media accounts and bragged about it.  They wanted to live in denial so who was I to burst their bubble.[/quote]

OP here. I tried to explain this to her - I didn’t know either at first but my kids fessed up. She just got more adamant saying “nope not my kids!” They got to a normal Catholic school. I just think she has no idea. [/quote]

My kids are upper-elementary at a catholic school and I think our kids spend less time on the internet/social media than their public school peers because a lot of parents have similar feelings about it.  But I don’t think it’s realistic to think you can have a complete ban on it through high school.  I suspect she simply doesn’t know what’s coming because she’s currently in a bit of a bubble with them.

We lean towards being luddites in my house, but I expect to get my kids phones in high school.  They have FB messenger right now through my phone, so I can see the communications and monitor them.   My dd plays Roblox but we talk about not chatting with strangers and only communicating with people she knows in real life.  [/quote]

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