Opinion: Why the six things you tell your teen about screen time may be missing the mark


Adults have this assumption that, if left to their own devices, kids would choose to constantly be on their cellphones. — Dreamstime/TNS

We want our kids to stand up for what they believe in, but not get too political online.

We beg them to carefully consider their Snapchat posts, but fail to recognise that their peers — or even us, as their parents — post photos of them without their permission.

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