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Why Her Middle School Daughter Isn’t Ready to Get Her First Cellphone

My tween asked me countless times when she’ll be getting a phone. Hardly a week went by that she didn’t ask.

“Everyone in my class has a phone and all my friends have their phones too,” she said, trying to convince me.

My Experience with Teens and Cellphones

The first incident involved a 15-year-old girl. This girl’s aunt visited the girl’s home one afternoon and noticed her niece engrossed in watching something on her phone.

Setting Boundaries for Teens and Phones

Together, we agreed on the age when she would receive a phone and we set up a detailed blueprint of where, when, and how she would use it.

Why Her Middle School Daughter Isn’t Ready to Get Her First Cellphone

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