Early teen is getting her first phone, it's terrifies me. Any tips from someone who's been down this road?
Number one lil human has been demanding a phone for a few years now and we've fought against it seeing it not as a positive thing for her but she's going into Secondary now and has to get the bus alone so we kind of need one now. Dumb phones are out because she needs WhatsCrap for chatting with her friends and Cousins which means she's open to the Internet with a regular smart phone. Besides helicopter parenting has anyone else gone down this road in the last few years? Any pit falls, recommendations? I don't want her to get addicted to the negative aspects to social media and dopamine hit doom scrolling at an early age