I have two teens. If I give them the credit they deserve and try to trust them I find they make the right choices for themselves. Both my boys have smart phones

I have two teens. If I give them the credit they deserve and try to trust them I find they make the right choices for themselves. Both my boys have smart phones (and both laugh at the whole tiktok thing). Granted the kids in this story are much younger, but when they are older, if they are denied a phone that allows them to communicate with their friends on an equal playing field, they will be left out. They may even resent you in the end. Educate kids about tech, teach them how to deal with tech smartly, but do not deny it from them because of some ideological fear. Kids today are sometimes smarter than kids in my day. Give them credit.