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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
Is it a question if you know the answer, though? Permissive and absentee parenting is fairly common. I constantly have to contend with hearing my (10 year old) daughters friends tell her that we're "controlling" because we won't let her wander miles from home with them... When in fact the harsh truth is that their parents just don't seem to know or care what they're doing. One of them (a 9 year old!) who lives across the street is regularly still up and messaging her at 3 or 4am. I know this because her phone is in the living room at night, and I had to start putting it on aeroplane mode because it was still buzzing all night...
Anyway. My 10 year old is allowed to post to Social Media (Instagram and TikTok) but we follow her and keep a close eye on what is posted, and messaging is disabled. She's only allowed to message people she actually knows on WhatsApp. The only thing we've had to outright say no to is Snapchat.
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Lockdown has also been a massive strain on a lot of parents. Some having to work at home whilst homeschooling has made them a little more reliant on technology and quite often the kids are far more savvy then their elders.
I am told often that I am ruining my sons life by restricting his online activities and not allowing him a sim card as ALL his friends have mobiles on contracts.