Ha, Imma make a topic about this 
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tag me!
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As a parent myself I understand why it’s done but also believe phones shouldn’t be given until a teen is 16.
I know a a lot of mums that check phones majority of them there no reason too and no trust should be no phone.
But I also know a lot that checked and their child were doing the wrong thing I know the child in question and 100% had issues and a compulsive liar like I was completely shocked that a kid could do those things what’s worse her mum keeps giving back her phone why bother checking if your going to do nothing about it.
So yes phone checking is for safety reasons but if the child is that young they shouldn’t have a phone in the first place.
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Yes, I understand there intentions are good and I’m not saying that It is bad because kids could be doing shady stuff and you would not know unless you check there phones and I also agree with not giving children under 13 phones.
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Eh some older teens still know safety of the internet but they still don’t follow that safety. Like stop answering creeps and posting your social media on your profiles all the time! 
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I am 5’2 currently!!
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Well sometimes parents should look through phones. But that shouldn’t be all the time.
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Yay!! Here is a topic I made there are funny memes and questions we were talking about.
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True.
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Precisely AHH
My mom searched through my tablet when I went to school one day (2015??)
She did not like what she found. (Creepypasta), took away my tablet and threw away its charger.
Flash forward 5 years.
As I type this, I have a lot of junk food that I will not be discussing further that my mom has 0 idea of. (Bc if she knew, she’d freak)
Okay I’m done with trying to use this iPhone 5s to type. 
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I mean some might be naive because me and my friend have been through an “online safety” course in PSE and she has had a phone for a long time but I literally had to tell her that this guys messages were creepy. I had not seen them but she asked me for help and said this guy was being pushy to her and I told her she should screenshot and block his a*s. The situation had been delt with before I answered her message but I spend awhile telling her that creeps like this do not have good intentions. I always delete messages but she must have accepted it which was not a good idea, I have no idea what she was thinking but I am not going to call her stupid for answering since that dude should not have been messaging 14 year olds in the first place. 
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Yeah that’s true. You sound like a great friend! I’m glad you were able to help her out!
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Honestly, i’m against it unless the parent has a valid reason to. I feel it definitely instills trust issues in your child. Like, one time my mom asked for my phone and when i got it back, literally every app was opened (even apps that’s came with the phone like the calculator or at&t app 
). Like, what was the reason!? WHAT WAS THE REASON? Or, my mom will sit their and be shocked when she looks through my brother’s search history and find p*rn. Like, seriously what else did she expect to find in a teenage boy’s search history? She did that to herself 
And things like talking to strangers on the internet and stuff is definitely a thing that parents should be having in depth conversations about with their kids. And if they’re too young to comprehend that, they’re too young for a phone imo.
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Naturally, it depends on the maturity level of the child. There should be an agreement for having a phone. As in. I trust you so I’m giving you a phone. But there are rules to follow. The rules will be checked (but never without telling you first). Such as.
Your personal social media account must remain private. You do not accept requests from people you don’t know.
Let’s go through this together and check.
For younger pre/teens, maybe reminders about internet safety need to go on. About what types of photos can and cannot be shared, even among friends.
As the child grows, more and more privacy should be given.
I’m not one to search browser history. But if there was porn, heck, let’s talk about it. In a healthy, mature way.
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My dad once took my phone and found naked pics of me. Didnt end well
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oh um…tmi?
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what does tmi mean
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too much information…
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oh sorry then
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Oh my. I hope they don’t end up on the internet or a cloud. Even clouds can be hacked.
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