Teenagers and technology are not the best mix. Anyone who has grown up with social media knows how damaging it can be to your mental health. It can distort reality, dampen your creativity, and make you irritable. So it's no wonder that some parents want to restrict how much access their teen has to their phone because left unchecked, some kids might spend all day on their device. But this is not always a popular decision among the teenagers themselves. If there's anything that they hate, it's being micromanaged. When you're 15, you feel like you're an adult, so you rage against other adults trying to tell you what to do.
This is what happened to one child who found himself in a catch-22 when his foster parents and biological father had different ideas of how to manage screen time. Read on for the story and see what you think.
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