🌟So, your tween wants a phone for Christmas...
Plus why you're a better parent than you may think!
Jed Baker
December 15, 2024
🌟 TRENDING
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🌟 5 THINGS
5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Getting Your Tween a Phone
If the top item on your tween or teen’s holiday wish list is a phone of their own, well, welcome to the next chapter of parenting, folks. Make sure they’re ready (and you are too) by asking yourself these important questions before presenting your son or daughter with their first cell:
What’s their phone readiness?
What hours are they allowed to use the phone?
What apps are they permitted to use?
How much privacy can they have?
How will you communicate about their phone usage?
🌟 SCREEN/LIFE BALANCE
3 Ways to Ensure Your Child’s “Digital Well-Being”
New research finds that it’s not how much time we spend on screens that matters, but what we do on our devices. These tips steeped in data will help you set healthy screen time limits and good media usage examples for your kids.
🌟 TLDR
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