Why my daughter won’t own a phone until she’s 16 — Bisola Aiyeola

Big Brother Naija star and Nollywood actress, Bisola Aiyeola has talked about the backlash she gets over her parenting style.

Bisola in a recent episode of “Mums Next Door” with Maria Chike, disclosed that she has been criticised for not allowing her 15-year-old daughter to own a phone until she turns 16.

Despite these judgements, Bisola disclosed that her daughter can only access a laptop for schoolwork and communicate with friends via Zoom.

She said: “Yes, I have been judged by my parenting skills. So, my daughter turned 15 this year and still doesn’t have a phone. I have been pretty strict with that part of her life, and she begged.

“I told her she wouldn’t have a phone till she was 16, so she still had one more year to go. And people have been asking me, like, what if there is an emergency?

“Wouldn’t she be behind her pairs and all, but she has a laptop for school work? If her friends need to talk to her, they can call her on Zoom. Sometimes, people feel like I am overdoing it, or I am trying to be overprotective, and I am like, well, that’s your business.

“There was a time I found out she opened a smart chat account on a laptop, and I was like, how? I disciplined her, which made me extend her phone usage by a year because she was supposed to get it this year at 15.”