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BilletDoux's avatar

I sometimes had to say to my kids, “there will come day when we will be great friends. Unfortunately, that day is not today. Today, I must be your parent, and do the hard thing that is best for you, even if it means at this moment, you don’t see me as your friend.”

All my kids are now grown, and happy, productive adults. And indeed, we are great friends.

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Savannah Hampton's avatar

I love this! I work at Gabb, safe phones for kids, and I hear so many parents say just that: they already gave their kid an iPhone, so now it's too late. I LOVE the graphic on turning it back. It's really never too late to go back to the basics with technology (only calling + texting) so that your kids can live without the stress of the online world.

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