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Any tips from parents of pre teens / teenagers on how to manage this? My son is turning 11 soon and his peers already have their own mobile phones, YouTube acco
by hestefisk 4y ago
Any tips from parents of pre teens / teenagers on how to manage this? My son is turning 11 soon and his peers already have their own mobile phones, YouTube accounts etc. I want to protect him and only have this when he is old enough. I expect the next few years to be challenging times :(
- cloudking 4y agoYou can give them phones without giving them full permissions to any app/website. Apple and Google have pretty good parental controls, where you can decide which apps/websites are allowed, screen time for specific apps etc.
- hestefisk 4y agoI know, but peer pressure I expect will persist. My youngest son is already frustrated he can’t watch YouTube because all his friends can, and he’s 7. I guess it’s more about tips on how to talk to them about it.
- rsyring 4y agoWe simply said "no" to social media and also led by example by not using social media[1]. Also talked about social media perils occasionally and shared articles from HN regarding. 1: I don't consider HN social media for the purpose of this discussion. I do use Facebook very occasionally for marketplace and groups that only exist in FB (utility only).
- AbrahamParangi 4y agoGive him an absolutely crap phone (maybe like a Light Phone II). If he wants a better one he can get a job and buy it himself, which will take some amount of time and at minimum he'll learn something.