Just these days I was discussing this matter with my partner. I have 3 daughters - one of the yet a teenager, the other 2 over 20 years now - from a previous ma

Just these days I was discussing this matter with my partner. I have 3 daughters - one of the yet a teenager, the other 2 over 20 years now - from a previous marriage. We were talking about the issue of eventually having to give a phone to our 6 yo daughters. Here are just a couple of things I know think I could had done. Handling a phone to a kid shouldn't be an "all or nothing" predicament. Just as you don't let kids drive 24 hs after the learned how to. There's should be a concrete set of rules that could - and should - be enforced: First a foremost, a notice or similar from the school due to incorrect usage of the apparatus (Say, in the middle of a class) would led to confiscation of the phone. Same for using it whenever the family is gathered on special and not-so-special occasions (Say, watching a movie together). this last rule should apply also to parents, thought. Of importance as well should be not usage at all of the phone after a certain time in the day (say, 20:00). I think the most important thing is to let the kid know that the phone is a "lended" item and not something that belongs to them.