{"id":83,"date":"2025-09-24T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/24\/mom-takes-away-tween-daughter-s-phone-and-tablet-and-notices-immediate-change\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T18:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:49:00","slug":"mom-takes-away-tween-daughter-s-phone-and-tablet-and-notices-immediate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/24\/mom-takes-away-tween-daughter-s-phone-and-tablet-and-notices-immediate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom takes away tween daughter’s phone and tablet\u2014and notices “immediate” change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most kids these days have phones<\/a>. In a 2025 survey<\/a> conducted by Florida State University on the digital media use of American tweens aged 11-13 years old, nearly 80% of kids in the age range had a smart phone\u2014with one-third of them reporting they got their first phone by the age of 10.<\/p>

And while the impacts of phone access for tweens is still being studied, a 2024 study<\/a> published in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities <\/em>found that kids under 13 who owned smartphones reported worse mental health outcomes than those who didn’t.<\/p>

Phone use<\/a> is a common issue many parents navigate with their tweens these days. And a mom with a tween daughter<\/a> (who she says is currently 12 years old going on 13), shared with fellow parents<\/a> on the subreddit r\/Parenting the major changes she noticed after taking away her daughter’s phone and tablet access.<\/p>

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