Alsip gave her daughter a warning: Either "Cool it" with the nonstop phone connection or she would take the phone away. Melissa Barrios, a mom of two in Ventura, California, pays an extra $5 a month for a special program that allows her to shut off her 13-year-old daughter's phone from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. "At first, it was kind of weird to her, because there's always this, 'Well, my friends' parents don't do that.' But it always goes back to the same thing. 'Well, we're not your friends' parents. We're your parents.'". Mark Love, a woodworker just outside Austin, Texas, whose 12-year-old has a phone, was lamenting with a close friend about how technology had changed the dynamic at their dinner table, not just for the kids but for the adults, as well. Thankfully, the phone conundrum - Do I give my kid one? At what age? What are the ground rules? - won't be an issue in my household for a few more years, but I'm not wasting any time.
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