US EditionSavannah Guthrie reveals the contract she made for daughter's phone usage
Savannah Guthrie drafted a phone use contract to promote responsible digital habits and ensure her 11-year-old daughter avoids problematic online behavior.
- Savannah Guthrie revealed a phone usage agreement she created for her preteen daughter on a recent episode of Today with Jena & Friends.
- Guthrie drew up the contract because Vale received a personal iCloud address but does not have a smartphone, and Guthrie aims to set clear rules for device use.
- Vale must agree to guidelines before accessing her digital locker, including understanding that Guthrie can read her texts but almost never does so, maintaining a balance of trust and oversight.
- Guthrie said, "we can do it if we stick together," reflecting the collective approach mothers took in managing kids' phone use, recalling girls texting on shared phones and a chat group titled Moms Strike Back.
- Guthrie hopes Vale and her brother Charley, age 8, will never have phones, signaling continued cautious parenting about children’s digital exposure and device access.
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Savannah Guthrie reveals the contract she made for daughter's phone usage
Guthrie's daughter Vale, 11, doesn't have her own device — but she does have a digital locker.
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Savannah Drafted a Device Contract for Vale to Sign: What It Said
Is snooping on your children’s devices a breach of privacy or justified to keep them safe? TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie says her kids don’t have their own phones and she even drafted a device contract for her daughter, Vale, to make sure she won’t write “anything I wouldn’t want grandma and grandpa to see.”
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