This is PART 2 of our parents guide to smart phones. This week I’m sharing the essential groundwork every parent should lay before handing over a smartphone. The conversations and the rules needed.
Very good advice. My wife and I are lucky because we homeschool so... no need for phones. Our kids are 12,10, and 8. They have tablets with kids messenger app but that really hasn't kicked off. We allow them regulated free screens but never in their rooms and never before bed. I've been following the Jonathan Haid "After Babel" work here on Substack and that's great.
I'm also seeing my friends dealing with this, like you, and they're all of a similar mind to you. It's just not worth it at this age. Let them be kids.
Very good advice. My wife and I are lucky because we homeschool so... no need for phones. Our kids are 12,10, and 8. They have tablets with kids messenger app but that really hasn't kicked off. We allow them regulated free screens but never in their rooms and never before bed. I've been following the Jonathan Haid "After Babel" work here on Substack and that's great.
I'm also seeing my friends dealing with this, like you, and they're all of a similar mind to you. It's just not worth it at this age. Let them be kids.