124: Encore: How and When Do I Give My Kid a Phone?

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

Dr. Lisa Damour/Good Trouble Productions

Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What’s the right age to give a kid a smartphone? There’s no simple answer to this question, but guidelines we can bear in mind when kids - at increasingly young ages - ask for one. In this encore episode Dr. Lisa explains what to consider, and the conversations to have before and after you give your child a phone. AVAILABLE NOW: The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Dr. Lisa Damour. Available at www.DrLisaDamour.com and everywhere books are sold. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @AskLisaPodcast, @LDamour, @ReenaNinan Checkout Dr. Lisa’s website for more resources: https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by: Www.GoodTroubleProductions.com

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rina Ninean and this is Ask Lisa, the Psychology of Parenting Podcast.
0:10.9	It's a podcast to help parents better understand their kids. Dr. Lisa DeMore, a psychologist with three
0:17.2	decades of experience, and the author of three New York Times best-selling parenting books
0:22.3	takes your questions.
0:23.7	Both of us are moms ourselves,
0:25.6	and we're eager to hear from you.
0:27.1	So send us your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.Lisadamore.com
0:31.5	and join our community by following us
0:33.5	on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter
0:36.8	at Ask Lisa Podcast.
0:39.8	Oncore episode 124. How and when do I give my kid a phone?
0:46.8	What's the right age to give your kid the first smartphone? While there may not be a
0:51.3	specific set age, we do know kids start asking for them at a very young
0:55.1	age. In this encore episode, Dr. Lisa explains what to consider before and even after you give
1:01.8	your child their first phone. All right, I think the transition happens closer as you're finishing
1:08.0	elementary to middle school. My son's asking for a phone.
1:13.2	Yep, yep, you're right. You're probably right on time for that. Or at least for him to be asking.
1:17.8	Oh, okay. It doesn't make me happy. It's not the most fun moment in parenting. I can tell you that.
1:24.0	Thank you for acknowledging that. I feel good. We got this letter and it made me
1:28.2	realize I'm not the only person struggling with this. And it talks about cell phones. My 12-year-old
1:33.7	has been asking for a cell phone since the fourth grade when some of her friends started getting
1:37.8	them. My husband and I read that kids are just not ready to regulate the dopamine levels caused by
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