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MontanaMama

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5. That would be my gut instinct too.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 11, 2020, 07:08 PM

Sep 2020

I don’t let him keep his phone in his bedroom overnight...I get up well before he does and when I’m in the kitchen making coffee and feeding animals, I can hear his phone buzzing like a wasp nest with Snapchat alerts. It would make me crazy and I know it would be a distraction for him at night.

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A friend has suggested I get Snapchat so he can send me videos of his cat. [View all] PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 OP

Speaking as parent to 3 teens, it's PoliWrangler Sep 2020 #1

I was thinking of putting it on my computer. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #3

As they say...all the kids use it... MontanaMama Sep 2020 #2

Hmmm. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #4

That would be my gut instinct too. MontanaMama Sep 2020 #5

Always remember, and don't ever forget Miguelito Loveless Sep 2020 #6

Yeah, that is true. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #7

If you do, use a VPN, disposable email address, and Miguelito Loveless Sep 2020 #10

Which is more trouble than I'm willing to go to. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #11

Yeah ..... no. CloudWatcher Sep 2020 #8

Their website does make it look as if I can dowload it to my computer. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #9