Write the family deal and wrap it

The phone is ready. The last step is the one only you can do: say what the deal is, before the wrapping paper comes off.

Do it

1. Write it down, in plain words. Where the phone sleeps at night. When the profiles change. What happens if a rule is broken.
2. Add the most important line: if they see something that upsets them, they tell you, and they won't be in trouble for it.
3. Add what changes as they grow. More apps, later bedtimes, earned over time.
4. Sign it together, then fold it into the box with the phone. Charge the phone, and wrap it.

Need a starting point? A parent's guide to giving a first phone without the fear covers what a setting can fix, and what only a conversation can.

That's all 12. Happy Christmas.