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> There is no way in hell I would let him do that unless he has some way I can contact him and see where he is. Then do what I did with my child as a half-way
by deafpolygon 3y ago
> There is no way in hell I would let him do that unless he has some way I can contact him and see where he is.
Then do what I did with my child as a half-way compromise: turn the phone off when at home, never let it into their bedroom, lock down the majority of functions (parental features) to the basics needed during the day and check usage.
There is no reason why parenting and ground rules can't come into play. It's not all-or-nothing.
- tstrimple 3y ago> It's not all-or-nothing. Based on the comments here, most don't seem to understand that. Restricting access requires someone to actually parent and that seems to be too big of an ask for most of these folks. Instead a blanket ban is the only solution. And then it's only a solution if you can ban everyone else's kids from having phones as well so their precious little snowflake doesn't suffer from FOMO. There is a post on here about a dad whose relationships with his children were "ruined" by giving them smart phones. As if he has no agency outside of giving them the phones in the first place. It's ridiculous.