Minor Issues: Should parents check their teenagers’ mobile phones?

The writer's friend said she has found it necessary to monitor her kids’ phones. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE – Should I be checking my teenagers’ mobile phones? It is a question I have wondered about from time to time.

My teenagers leave their smartphones in the living room at night. It is one of the rules my husband and I decided on when we gave them cellphones at age 13.

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