Think of a cell phone may be Your child's diary, best friend and your bully.

Think of a cell phone may be Your child's diary, best friend and your bully.

A phone isn't just a phone. It's not simply a practical tool of communication. It's also a library, an entertainment syst... September 23, 2017

A phone isn't just a phone. It's not simply a practical tool of communication. It's also a library, an entertainment system, a confessional, a mode of expression, a tool of transformation, it's bait and it's addictive. No matter how tech savvy your child is, sometimes it's hard to remember that they are also pretty naive.

Think of a cell phone like the combination of these three things. Your child's diary, your child's best friend and your child's bully. Children are interacting with phones if not at home then with their friends at school. Most of them (from tweens upwards) know all about Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook.

There are literally dozens of apps being created to give you control over what your child does and sees on their phone and online. It is imperative to have one or more of these apps when your child first begins seriously using social media and the Internet.

As your kids turn into teenagers we know it might seem like you're in a constant state of war. This has nothing to do with their relationship with their phones or technology.