Family Phone Agreement
A one-page agreement to fill in together before the first phone arrives — while nobody is defending anything.
Family Phone Agreement
Write this with your child rather than for them. An agreement they helped draft is a rule they will defend; one handed down is a puzzle to solve. Sign it, put it on the fridge, and revisit it every few months as they get older.
Where the phone sleeps at night (and where the charger lives)
Times the phone is away — meals, homework, family time
What happens if something upsetting or frightening appears
Who is allowed to have this number
What we do before downloading a new app
What happens if the agreement is broken
What I can expect from my parents about their own phone use
When we will look at this again
Child
Parent / carer
Date
Item 7 is not a courtesy — it is the one that makes the rest credible. Children calibrate to what they see, not what they are told.
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