‘My 12-year-old received sexually explicit photos on her phone – despite our efforts to keep her safe’
‘I kept her phone with me and watched the screen flash up with reams of Snapchat messages from men and boys’
If children want to get around parenting restrictions, they can. Photo: Getty
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Our daughter, Lucy, was the last of her friends to get a smartphone when she started secondary school last September. My husband and I thought carefully about giving her an iPhone as she was only 11, which seemed young, and we’ve made a point of not being on social media ourselves.
But we eventually decided that if we put restrictions in place blocking her from using apps such as Snapchat and TikTok, and set screen-time limits, we would be able to control her usage and keep her safe.
