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📱 Description: Is your child begging for a phone? Or maybe they already have one, and you're navigating screen time battles, group chats, or late-night texting? In this episode, Kim and Jacob dive into all things cell phones and kids — from when to get one, to what kind of boundaries help create balance. With Jacob’s firsthand teen insight and Kim’s parenting perspective, they explore the emotional, social, and developmental impacts of phones, especially for neurodiverse kids like Jacob who feel things deeply.

🧠 What You’ll Learn:

• How to know if your child is “ready” for a phone
• What questions to ask before buying their first phone
• Common parent-kid arguments about phones (and how to handle them)
• Real stories of kids getting caught up in social media drama
• Strategies to create healthy phone boundaries without shame or blame
• How neurodiverse kids may experience phone use differently — and what supports can help

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🔗 References & Resources:

1. Common Sense Media – Cell Phone Parenting Guide
2. American Academy of Pediatrics – Media and Children Communication Toolkit
3. Child Mind Institute – Helping Kids with ADHD Manage Screen Time
4. Understood.org – Tech and Executive Functioning in Neurodiverse Kids
5. TheAtlantic.com: "End the Phone-Based Childhood Now" by Jonathan Haidt
6. EdSource.Org: "Excessive Cell Phone Use Can Harm Children, Here's How Parents Can Limit Use at Home" by Diana Lambert
7. WebMD: "Childhood ADHD and Screen Time" by: Janie McQueen and Medically Reviewed by: Smitha Bhandari, M.D.