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Really struggling with tech for 7 year old

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Gonesocoldsosuddenly · 24/11/2025 11:29

Dd doesn’t have any tech-no tablet, phone etc. We’ve managed to get away without it until now, but now two of her friends have phones 🙄 and she wants to ask santa for a phone, I’ve told her that he won’t bring one as 7 is too young..way too young
We allow Dd to play games on our phones occasionally, under our supervision, but she’s asking more and more.
Do I have to give in and get her a safe tablet with just a few games on? Is that better than using our phones to play games?
I’d rather she didn’t have any, but it’s getting harder and harder to say no.

What tech do you have for your child (if any) and what age are they? What would I be best doing? What rules do you have/how often can they use them?

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Gonesocoldsosuddenly · 24/11/2025 11:31

Sheeeena · 24/11/2025 11:30

Just say no. That’s fine. The longer you can hold out, the better.

But let her play games on our phone? The horse has bolted unfortunately in that respect

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Sheeeena · 24/11/2025 11:30

Just say no. That’s fine. The longer you can hold out, the better.