Don't ever give you kid anything other than a flip phone when they're like 12. If they want a smart phone they can get a job and pay for it, those things are a mistake.
Don't even let them get a job and pay for it. Get a family computer or laptop and let them use it for a controlled amount of time unless it's homework and keep it in the kitchen or family room, never alone in the bedroom. Made the mistake with my oldest and watched it transform them, never again. They will respect you for it later.
And if they want to buy cocaine? lol. Smartphone in a young teen's hands is talmudvision 2.0. Children naturally should be directed and guided by their parents in this obscene world.
The kid would be 16 by the time this happen first off (which by then they would at least understand why you never let them get a smart phone). Second off if you control every aspect of their life they will never learn to control themselves. I'm sure you have heard/seen the nightmare that is children of helicopter parents. Gotta give enough rope they can hurt themselves but not hang themselves.
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philmchawk ago
Don't ever give you kid anything other than a flip phone when they're like 12. If they want a smart phone they can get a job and pay for it, those things are a mistake.
TwistedSista ago
Don't even let them get a job and pay for it. Get a family computer or laptop and let them use it for a controlled amount of time unless it's homework and keep it in the kitchen or family room, never alone in the bedroom. Made the mistake with my oldest and watched it transform them, never again. They will respect you for it later.
philmchawk ago
Disagree, don't control their money when they have their own job. Agree with the rest though.
TwistedSista ago
And if they want to buy cocaine? lol. Smartphone in a young teen's hands is talmudvision 2.0. Children naturally should be directed and guided by their parents in this obscene world.
philmchawk ago
The kid would be 16 by the time this happen first off (which by then they would at least understand why you never let them get a smart phone). Second off if you control every aspect of their life they will never learn to control themselves. I'm sure you have heard/seen the nightmare that is children of helicopter parents. Gotta give enough rope they can hurt themselves but not hang themselves.