Being a parent – when done responsibly – is never an easy task. Each new generation of mothers and fathers have fresh challenges to face and obstacles to overcome, all while taking the decisions they think are best for their kids.

Parents in today’s society, for example, have to contend with things that those who parented in decades gone by never had to. The internet is a huge one that springs to mind, not to mention the use of smartphones and the ever-present arguments put forth about appropriate screen time.

In any case, whenever topics regarding parental choices arise, you can be sure that they’ll be hotly debated. Just ask Laura Muse, a North Carolina mom who divided the internet a couple of years ago, when she confessed to snooping through her children’s phones in order to keep track of what they’re doing and who they’re talking to.

These days it’s becoming increasingly difficult for parents to deprive their kids of smartphones. Let’s face it, phones have become a tool used in virtually all aspects of life, and that’s not something children fail to notice as they’re growing up.