Being a parent is all about teaching boundaries.

I hated my parents for forbidding me to do things I wanted; from having a phone to not going to party when I was too young.

I ended up having a phone and partying later on and I eventually came to hate both after a few years.

Now that I grew up, I'm glad they stopped me from entering that world too early, I'm glad I tried and I'm glad I'm done with it.

And you’re getting downvoted. A very sad state of affairs that this post is what gets downvoted nowadays.

Edit: perhaps ppl downvoting should ask their local psychologist about boundaries and why they’re important

Yes because parents “setting boundaries” have stop kids from doing drugs, alcohol, having pre-marital sex, etc.

You are presumably an adult. Are your friends only within one year of age? Unlikely. That this happens for children is a consequence of our morally-bankrupt "education" system which isolates children away from the community and only with people the same age for socialization (of which teenagers are known to be poor at). The same way you can't blame an individual for not walking places in, say, Atlanta, because the path between two locations is interrupted by a highway; or you stop all fires from burning in a forest which has had fires for thousands of years then wonder why the fires are so intense; it's silly to point to social media being the primary issue why teens are bad at socializing when it's a direct consequence of your society to concentrate together people with wild hormones without a moderating influence.

You realize peer pressure has always been a thing right? We should have a “War on Social Media”, have the First Lady head a “Just Say No” campaign, and have commercials about “this is your brain on FaceBook”. Because that worked so well last time.

But now, the government will get it right.