Ask the Expert: Having a rule of ‘no phone until secondary school’ is a very reasonable goal, though frequently this decision is not just an individual family one
Take time to listen to your daughter about the reasons she wants a smartphone. Perhaps she wants to be treated like her sister, perhaps she feels isolated from friends or perhaps there are certain apps that she is really keen to use. Some of the reasons she has might be addressed without her owning a smartphone. For example, you could schedule her regular time on a shared family device to play games or watch YouTube or set her up with an email address to contact friends.
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