Parent Destroys Smartphone After 11-Year-Old Accesses Adult Sites
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Updated · Slate · Jul 31
Parent Destroys Smartphone After 11-Year-Old Accesses Adult Sites
1 articles · Updated · Slate · Jul 31
Summary
An 11-year-old boy was found viewing adult websites on a smartphone his grandparents had secretly given him, prompting his mother to smash the device and mail the pieces back.
Browser history showed the phone had no parental controls and was used almost entirely for porn sites after the grandparents gave it to him a month earlier and told him to keep it secret.
The mother now wants to sharply limit the grandparents’ access to her children, while her husband argues a few months of distance is a sufficient response.
Slate’s parenting columnist called the grandparents’ move a serious breach but advised against a permanent cutoff, urging the parents to set firm boundaries and secure the husband’s support.