Parenting Unfiltered: When Does Your Child’s Cell Phone Become a Problem?

Cat & Nat Unfiltered

Cat & Nat

Relationships, Society & Culture, Comedy, Momtruths, Women's Podcast, Life

5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Every day, we’re hit with headlines about kids and their cell phone use—how it’s damaging their mental health, wrecking attention spans, and fueling a whole new wave of parenting panic. We can all agree there’s a problem. But as parents, we’re on our phones too. And if we’re being honest, handing them a screen is easy. It’s quiet. It’s a break. Now, we’re stuck in the middle, navigating the fallout with no rulebook. Will the next generation of parents—armed with the knowledge we didn’t have—hesitate to give their kids phones?

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