What will you do regarding schools, have you thought about that? Normally I'm not a control freak, but I worry that our hard work protecting him from the negative effects of screen addiction will quickly be destroyed if he's put into an environment where every other kid has a phone and is addicted to it.
That’s giving me hope
*IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER THAT I AM NOT A PARENT* i cannot judge others for how they raise their children as i do not and will almost certainly never have any of my own, however i can still discuss the topic and raise concerns even with the understanding that i may be missing things and i am willing to accept that may indeed be the case
It's the phone of other kids, they will not give their phones away
If all of them will use phones and chat via them, not having one will be social isolation.
Truth be told I realise that this is a case where whatever you do, there will be consequences. I myself I don't really know how I'd approach that.