to ban social media from my 15yr old

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I am bored of him coming home and him using new language and then on the flipside being upset from things he's seen or stuck in the middle about things his friends are doing online that he doesn't agree with.

Do I just ban it? Maybe give him an old school Nokia for emergency contacts.

Any advice would be great.

Well, you can try, but you will drive him underground and lose any trust and openness between you - and believe me, you are going to need that trust and dialogue over the coming years.

Parents who think they can delay the difficult adolescent period by banning things are on a hiding to nothing. He’s going to pull away from your family culture and values, he’s going to use language you don’t recognise or approve of and he’s going to become a person in his own right. If you want to be in a position to guide, protect and support him through this entirely natural and necessary process, then you will have to pick your battles and meet him halfway. He won’t listen to your advice or accept your placing limits on serious things if you alienate him by making a fuss about teenage slang.