So you’ve caved in to pressure from your child and either ‘handed-down’ an old Smart phone or purchased one specially. From my own personal experience this seems to be around the 11th birthday certainly with children around here.
The next question (if it hasn’t already arisen) is “Can I get… (insert current social media phenomenon here)?
All the organisations say the WORST thing you can do is just say no. We know this closes doors and often leads to children going behind their parents backs to get onto social media meaning we also cut off the main avenue for support for those same children if anything goes wrong.
I read a recent article which included some great prompts for parents to use when having this difficult conversation.
Take a look at this article on “Common Sense Media”.