Do you let your middle schooler take their phone to school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but our 8th grader walks about a mile to and from school and frequently goes to a store or home with a friend after school. We can text and call to approve these plans, plus I routinely use the “find my phone” feature to see where he is.

Lots of kids at his school have phones, and there are strict rules about their use. They have to lock them up in their lockers during the day, but can use them briefly between classes if they need to contact their parents for some reason.

This is exactly why ours has a phone too. We can find her and call and text when she’s on her way home. She walks so I have it to set up to notify me when she leaves school and when she arrives home.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sixth grader takes her 1990s-style phone to school because she walks to and from and needs to text me when she is coming and going. She doesn’t have an iPhone. If you don’t want your DD on the internet, get her a dumb phone or another way to play music than her iPhone.

Why does your 12 yo need to text you when she is walking back and forth from school? My second grader manages to do that solo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sixth grader takes her 1990s-style phone to school because she walks to and from and needs to text me when she is coming and going. She doesn’t have an iPhone. If you don’t want your DD on the internet, get her a dumb phone or another way to play music than her iPhone.

Why does your 12 yo need to text you when she is walking back and forth from school? My second grader manages to do that solo.

Is your second grader autistic? If not, you can shut your pie hole.

[Anonymous]

Why get your kid a phone but not allow her to take it out of the house? That would be like getting a kid a car and not letting them drive on paved roads or getting them a Netflix subscription but not allowing screen time. Get her a good case to protect it when (not if) she drops it, and let her know the rules if it’s lost or stolen. She’s old enough to choose and deal with consequences.

[Anonymous]

Why does she have a super expensive phone with no service? Get her a cheap phone with service.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My sixth grader takes her 1990s-style phone to school because she walks to and from and needs to text me when she is coming and going. She doesn’t have an iPhone. If you don’t want your DD on the internet, get her a dumb phone or another way to play music than her iPhone.

Why does your 12 yo need to text you when she is walking back and forth from school? My second grader manages to do that solo.

That's because your second grader has crappy parents who will not take their child to school. Safety for one.

[Anonymous]

8th Grader here- has been taking iPhone to school for 2 years..7th and 8th Grade with data and also has ear buds. For the phone, we bought the insurance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sixth grader takes her 1990s-style phone to school because she walks to and from and needs to text me when she is coming and going. She doesn’t have an iPhone. If you don’t want your DD on the internet, get her a dumb phone or another way to play music than her iPhone.

Why does your 12 yo need to text you when she is walking back and forth from school? My second grader manages to do that solo.

Is your second grader autistic? If not, you can shut your pie hole.

Different poster here: you’re incredibly rude. You wrote that your kid takes her phone bc she walks to/from sch and needs to text you when she’s coming and going. You said nothing about special needs. Had you do so, the reaponder wouldn’t have written that. After leaving out the apparent real reason your kid takes a phone, you come out swinging with a mean response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sixth grader takes her 1990s-style phone to school because she walks to and from and needs to text me when she is coming and going. She doesn’t have an iPhone. If you don’t want your DD on the internet, get her a dumb phone or another way to play music than her iPhone.

Why does your 12 yo need to text you when she is walking back and forth from school? My second grader manages to do that solo.

Is your second grader autistic? If not, you can shut your pie hole.

Different poster here: you’re incredibly rude. You wrote that your kid takes her phone bc she walks to/from sch and needs to text you when she’s coming and going. You said nothing about special needs. Had you do so, the reaponder wouldn’t have written that. After leaving out the apparent real reason your kid takes a phone, you come out swinging with a mean response.

Sorry, but the pp deserved that response. Middle school parent responded with advice to another middle school parent. Parent of second grader decided to show off unnecessarily about how superior a parent they were, and rightfully got chewed out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sixth grader takes her 1990s-style phone to school because she walks to and from and needs to text me when she is coming and going. She doesn’t have an iPhone. If you don’t want your DD on the internet, get her a dumb phone or another way to play music than her iPhone.

Why does your 12 yo need to text you when she is walking back and forth from school? My second grader manages to do that solo.

Is your second grader autistic? If not, you can shut your pie hole.

Different poster here: you’re incredibly rude. You wrote that your kid takes her phone bc she walks to/from sch and needs to text you when she’s coming and going. You said nothing about special needs. Had you do so, the reaponder wouldn’t have written that. After leaving out the apparent real reason your kid takes a phone, you come out swinging with a mean response.

Sorry, but the pp deserved that response. Middle school parent responded with advice to another middle school parent. Parent of second grader decided to show off unnecessarily about how superior a parent they were, and rightfully got chewed out.

No one deserves a response like that. Do you allow your kids to talk like that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sixth grader takes her 1990s-style phone to school because she walks to and from and needs to text me when she is coming and going. She doesn’t have an iPhone. If you don’t want your DD on the internet, get her a dumb phone or another way to play music than her iPhone.

Why does your 12 yo need to text you when she is walking back and forth from school? My second grader manages to do that solo.

Is your second grader autistic? If not, you can shut your pie hole.

Different poster here: you’re incredibly rude. You wrote that your kid takes her phone bc she walks to/from sch and needs to text you when she’s coming and going. You said nothing about special needs. Had you do so, the reaponder wouldn’t have written that. After leaving out the apparent real reason your kid takes a phone, you come out swinging with a mean response.

No, I think you're the one who is rude. I posted a while back that my 8th grader went to school with his iPhone 6. He also has special needs. We don't like to go through life starting our answers with "my child has special needs"!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sixth grader takes her 1990s-style phone to school because she walks to and from and needs to text me when she is coming and going. She doesn’t have an iPhone. If you don’t want your DD on the internet, get her a dumb phone or another way to play music than her iPhone.

Why does your 12 yo need to text you when she is walking back and forth from school? My second grader manages to do that solo.

Is your second grader autistic? If not, you can shut your pie hole.

Different poster here: you’re incredibly rude. You wrote that your kid takes her phone bc she walks to/from sch and needs to text you when she’s coming and going. You said nothing about special needs. Had you do so, the reaponder wouldn’t have written that. After leaving out the apparent real reason your kid takes a phone, you come out swinging with a mean response.

Sorry, but the pp deserved that response. Middle school parent responded with advice to another middle school parent. Parent of second grader decided to show off unnecessarily about how superior a parent they were, and rightfully got chewed out.

No one deserves a response like that. Do you allow your kids to talk like that?

Calm down. Pie hole isn't the worst insult you'll be called in your life, missy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sixth grader takes her 1990s-style phone to school because she walks to and from and needs to text me when she is coming and going. She doesn’t have an iPhone. If you don’t want your DD on the internet, get her a dumb phone or another way to play music than her iPhone.

Why does your 12 yo need to text you when she is walking back and forth from school? My second grader manages to do that solo.

Is your second grader autistic? If not, you can shut your pie hole.

Different poster here: you’re incredibly rude. You wrote that your kid takes her phone bc she walks to/from sch and needs to text you when she’s coming and going. You said nothing about special needs. Had you do so, the reaponder wouldn’t have written that. After leaving out the apparent real reason your kid takes a phone, you come out swinging with a mean response.

Sorry, but the pp deserved that response. Middle school parent responded with advice to another middle school parent. Parent of second grader decided to show off unnecessarily about how superior a parent they were, and rightfully got chewed out.

No one deserves a response like that. Do you allow your kids to talk like that?

Are you new to dcum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sixth grader takes her 1990s-style phone to school because she walks to and from and needs to text me when she is coming and going. She doesn’t have an iPhone. If you don’t want your DD on the internet, get her a dumb phone or another way to play music than her iPhone.

Why does your 12 yo need to text you when she is walking back and forth from school? My second grader manages to do that solo.

Is your second grader autistic? If not, you can shut your pie hole.

Different poster here: you’re incredibly rude. You wrote that your kid takes her phone bc she walks to/from sch and needs to text you when she’s coming and going. You said nothing about special needs. Had you do so, the reaponder wouldn’t have written that. After leaving out the apparent real reason your kid takes a phone, you come out swinging with a mean response.

Sorry, but the pp deserved that response. Middle school parent responded with advice to another middle school parent. Parent of second grader decided to show off unnecessarily about how superior a parent they were, and rightfully got chewed out.

No one deserves a response like that. Do you allow your kids to talk like that?

Np: life must be very hard for you if you think “shut your pie hole” is offensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sixth grader takes her 1990s-style phone to school because she walks to and from and needs to text me when she is coming and going. She doesn’t have an iPhone. If you don’t want your DD on the internet, get her a dumb phone or another way to play music than her iPhone.

Why does your 12 yo need to text you when she is walking back and forth from school? My second grader manages to do that solo.

Is your second grader autistic? If not, you can shut your pie hole.

Different poster here: you’re incredibly rude. You wrote that your kid takes her phone bc she walks to/from sch and needs to text you when she’s coming and going. You said nothing about special needs. Had you do so, the reaponder wouldn’t have written that. After leaving out the apparent real reason your kid takes a phone, you come out swinging with a mean response.

the phrase "manages to do that" was intended to be condescending.

pie hole seemed the right response.

the question was "do you let your middle schooler take their phone to school"

the question was not "please inform me of all the ways you can be judgy".