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Hmmm..let's see where you kid is when he or she is 20. Being a star on Youtube is not something normal parents are wishing for their kids :roll: .[/quote]

Haha no we are certainly outside the norm. Also outside the norm: A teen who is expert at video editing, viral marketing, et al. And no he is not a youtube star. He used to get about 5k views / video, now it's 10-50 times that, and his face or name has never appeared in any of his pieces, just his voice. He uploads regularly and is building up a subscriber base. It's a hobby, but he treats is like a job. Video quality has improved markedly, and he is very diligent.

Also not normal: Being on the way to paying for own college education while only halfway through HS.

Look, I get it. Technology has the potential to amplify both risks and rewards exponentially, and with developing brains, those amplified risks are not insignificant. So I am all for rules, restrictions, and scaffolding as they develop the savvy and maturity to use technology responsibly -- just the same as we teach them to cross the street. We don't say, Never cross streets, it's dangerous. But we teach them slowly and over time and the GOAL is independence. You get to independence by practicing early and often.

Meanwhile, I will bet good money that the kids of every single poster who has said, Kids that age don't need phone, have access to tv's. Which is a more useful tool? [/quote]

With every post you sound worse and worse.[/quote]

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