He does not have access to any form of social media.
His friend list is limited to people he knows irl.
Activity on all devices is monitored (Google family link) and controlled (pi-hole, DNS blocking, ad blocking etc).
The internet is a cesspool and I agree we should limit children from free access to this - but telling kids to stick to pen and paper until they are 13 isn't the way to do it.
Or worse the kid wont be subvertive. Theyll be supplicative, submissive, and compliant.
Maybe just spend a few less hours in the office or on netflix and develop a trust filled relationship with your child, prempting the biggest threats with candid conversation about sex, drugs, risk analysis, and the fact that as a parent we broke all those rules too.
This all actually seems like good lessons to me. Well, except simply borrowing a friend's ipad. But I guess even just making a close enough friend who trusts them to lend an ipad is still a good skill
I don't know. Maybe kids can benefit from having some artificial boundaries that make them think outside the box and put in effort to overcome
I would argue a limited feature set (ie dumbphone) is better than placing restrictions a full featured device.