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Why other parents' choices can make you question your own boundaries

My sister lets her ten-year-old have social media and now my daughter begs me constantly saying I am the only mean mom who does not trust her and I am starting to doubt my instincts.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Parental confidence erodes when your standards make your child the exception rather than the rule.

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