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- is it normal not to have a phone at 15 or talk to any of ur friends outside of skl
- is it normal to have parental controls and not even go on. YouTube and ur parents close your eyes and enter the code but ur not allowed to go on YouTube
- I just want to be normal like everyone else and I hear everyone else in my school go out with their friends, have a phone etc :frown:
im in year 11 :frown:
Original post by Anonymous
- is it normal not to have a phone at 15 or talk to any of ur friends outside of skl
- is it normal to have parental controls and not even go on. YouTube and ur parents close your eyes and enter the code but ur not allowed to go on YouTube
- I just want to be normal like everyone else and I hear everyone else in my school go out with their friends, have a phone etc :frown:
im in year 11 :frown:

Hey bro! Honestly you should be happy, most people our age spend hours a day scrolling on their phone, and I honestly wish I never got one. However being able to communicate with you friends would be useful, my friends with strict parents has a flip phone - it’s super cute and she can use basic messaging apps but not social media. She loves it! And yes it’s ‘normal’, you just have strict parents - but maybe ask them if you can have a flip phone, they’re pretty cheap. Maybe tell them you need YouTube for revision, there’s so much GCSE stuff on their. Good luck!
Original post by Anonymous
- is it normal not to have a phone at 15 or talk to any of ur friends outside of skl
- is it normal to have parental controls and not even go on. YouTube and ur parents close your eyes and enter the code but ur not allowed to go on YouTube
- I just want to be normal like everyone else and I hear everyone else in my school go out with their friends, have a phone etc :frown:
im in year 11 :frown:

Have you done anything to break their trust or have they ever explained why they do that?

Is it normal to not have a phone at 15? Not normal in society but a perfectly reasonable thing. I didn't have a phone until I was 16/17 and was in final year.

I also didn't go out with my friends much, but i did go out sometimes, do your parents not allow you to EVER go out with friends??
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Original post by Anonymous
Have you done anything to break their trust or have they ever explained why they do that?
Is it normal to not have a phone at 15? Not normal in society but a perfectly reasonable thing. I didn't have a phone until I was 16/17 and was in final year.
I also didn't go out with my friends much, but i did go out sometimes, do your parents not allow you to EVER go out with friends??

never allowed to do anything
My 15 year old doesn't have a phone. He doesn't go to school either, although he does go to youth club once a week.

I don't put restrictions on the Internet mind you.
Original post by Anonymous
never allowed to do anything

honestly i had very strict parents, I never went anywhere without them, I was also homeschooled so I didn't even get school friends. For the phone situation, I don't think it's a bad thing, you'll probably appreciate it in a year or so.
For going out at all, speak to your parents about it. Maybe make a deal with them that if you do well in GCSEs and get above all 6/7s then they ease up on the rules, depends on what your parents care about, mine cared abt academics. Your parents probs just want what's best for u, in this brain-dead generations they probably don't want u to be like that. Talk to them and see what can be changed and get their view on it, don't let them shut you down, but also don't argue or be rude.
It took me awhile to find that balance personally, but you'll be okay, worse comes to worse, they don't care and you just thing "only 2 years till I'm out of here", that's what I had in my mind anyway xD
Reply 6
Original post by Anonymous
honestly i had very strict parents, I never went anywhere without them, I was also homeschooled so I didn't even get school friends. For the phone situation, I don't think it's a bad thing, you'll probably appreciate it in a year or so.
For going out at all, speak to your parents about it. Maybe make a deal with them that if you do well in GCSEs and get above all 6/7s then they ease up on the rules, depends on what your parents care about, mine cared abt academics. Your parents probs just want what's best for u, in this brain-dead generations they probably don't want u to be like that. Talk to them and see what can be changed and get their view on it, don't let them shut you down, but also don't argue or be rude.
It took me awhile to find that balance personally, but you'll be okay, worse comes to worse, they don't care and you just thing "only 2 years till I'm out of here", that's what I had in my mind anyway xD

I GET 9'S AND 8'S lol always

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