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We don’t wait. We tell the kids they can have once when they can buy it themselves. In our experience that usually happens when they are about 17.
by irrational 2y ago
We don’t wait. We tell the kids they can have once when they can buy it themselves. In our experience that usually happens when they are about 17.
- kawogi 2y agoWho will teach them how to (not) use them once they have one? I mean things like privacy, phishing, social media risks, addiction, subscription fees, etc.? I think the possession of a device isn't the risk itself.
- Jach 2y agoThe parent has failed if the child can't teach themselves by that age. Besides, as you say, it's not so much the phone itself -- those risks can be learned or taught separately from the phone. (I didn't have my first phone until I was 23, but I'm not a tech-clueless zoomer and grew up with message boards.)