"Be her parent, not her best friend" is a common phrase that parents need to take seriously, especially when it pertains to the rules of technology for their family.

We are now facing a time when nearly all teens (96 percent) are using the internet every day, and the amount of young people who are online almost constantly has nearly doubled from 2015 until today, according to the PEW Research Center.

Although most of us understand that the train has left the station for this generation of teens and technology, it doesn't mean parents give up on trying to take back control of their devices. Last year, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory, Social Media and Youth Mental Health, digging into the complex world teenagers and youth are dealing with online, especially when they are not emotionally prepared.

Social media and the overuse of screen time have been proven to diminish the mental health of our young people; parents watch their children rage or have explosive meltdowns if they even threaten........

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