So your tween wants a smartphone? Read this first

I get the point this article is trying to make about smartphones, which is that they are an infinite well of bad influences. But I also think, banning smartphones completely runs the risk of teaching chidlren to be sneaky and obsessively look for their next access point to what smartphones can provide. IMO as a parent, you'd be better off taking away the "special" of smartphoes, making them boring and teaching good habits to go with them. We have way more ability to control what smartphones can provide than previous generation parents and I think too many parents just shove a smartphone or tablet at their kid and just walk away instead of slowly granting access to things as the child proves themselves capable of handling it.