How to Handle Cell Phone Use With a 14-Year-Old Foster Child - Weekend Wisdom

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I just became a foster parent of a 14-year-old girl. She came with a cell phone paid for by her prior foster family. I told them I wanted to take over payments. I also want to sit down with her periodically and spontaneously and ask her to show me what she’s been doing on her phone while I show her what I do on my phone. I hope she will realize she can tell me anything and that I won’t hide things from her. Is this a...

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