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After months of discussions, deliberations and negotiations, I finally gave in. I let my oldest child join Facebook. I had spent the past two years telling him it’s completely unnecessary, it’s a waste of time, it’s more appropriate in high school or college, and that it’s just one more playground of vulnerability.  I still hold every bit of this to be true. I am also, actually, very glad that he is on Facebook.  Read more >

I realize for many, the question is usually, “What is the right age to give your child a cell phone?” Well, in my house, that question had been easy. With the confidence of an all-knowing parent who’d never had a preteen, much less a teen, I adamantly stated my case to the women in my book club a few years ago. “Kids with cell phones are ridiculous,” I asserted. “Mine will get it when he needs it –- the same time he gets his driver’s license.”  Read more >