What age should a girl get a phone

Smart phones are like any tool in modern society: They can be helpful if used safely and appropriately—or harmful if used incorrectly or too much.

This means parents who give their child a phone must also work with them on how to use it best.

“You wouldn’t give a child a lawnmower and send them out to mow a lawn without any kind of instruction,” says Mari Radzik, PhD, a clinical psychologist in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

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“Children need scaffolding. It’s up to parents to provide that.”

At a time when experts are warning parents about the dangers of social media, parents should roll out phone privileges with a set of clear rules governing:

• When the child can use the phone
• What sort of content the child can access on it
• What type of information it’s OK to share, and what isn’t, such as easily identifiable information and explicit photographs
• How much phone or screen time the child gets each day

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Radzik says these rules are meant as general guidelines since they likel

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