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Minor Issues: Giving my daughter a mobile phone, with restrictions

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Preset limits and device usage timings have helped with managing their daughter's phone usage, says the writer.

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SINGAPORE - It has been six weeks since I gave my 13-year-old daughter a mobile phone and I'm relieved to say it has not been as bad as I had imagined.
My husband and I had several conversations with our teenager before giving her a phone the day before she started Secondary 1.
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