non-smartphone to recommend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Were you aware of this?

https://www.fcps.edu/node/32026

Omg that is terrifying

[Anonymous]

We had a Gabb and it did not work for us. Maybe things are different now than 2020, but he could be on group texts and found the whole phone pretty useless. We got him an Apple Watch with cellular connectivity. The screen is so small that we feel like any porn he’s accessing is tiny enough and requires enough effort to see, that he’s probably earned it.

Joking, of course.

We’ve been happy with the watch and did the same for the second son. The first has never lost it. The second lost it within 3 months. We anticipates that and got insurance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Life is becoming more and more dependent on smart phones.

I don't know what kind of activities/friend outings your daughter participates in, but smart phones might be needed for just very basic things.

I know at my kid's high school, entrance into all games, school plays, etc. are now on an app. Food at the concessions stands are all done by credit card or apple pay/venmo/etc.

So if your daughter was to join a sport team or performing art at her school, and they had some type of competition/event at a high school, she would need either a credit card or phone app just to buy a bottle of water and slice of pizza at the concession stand.

If one of her friends has an older sibling in the high school play and they (your daughter and friends) wanted to go watch the big sibling perform, they'd need to use a phone app just to get in.

I personally find it ridiculous, but it's how it is.

Really? your HS concession stands don't take cash?! Where are you?

I've probably been to 15+ HS over the last 6 months and haven't come across a gate/ticket counter or concession stand that is electronic only?

In fact, for one game, I didn't have cash and they were a cash only operation

Yes. I volunteer in the concession stands and have literally had to turn away kids who don't have a credit card or some type of payment app. I really don't like it, but it is what it is.
I don't want to say the exact school, but it's in Northern VA (public high school.)

We hosted a bunch of schools for a district event last year and had a cash-only snack stand -- and none of the kids had cash on hand. Everyone wanted to Venmo or use a card.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Life is becoming more and more dependent on smart phones.

I don't know what kind of activities/friend outings your daughter participates in, but smart phones might be needed for just very basic things.

I know at my kid's high school, entrance into all games, school plays, etc. are now on an app. Food at the concessions stands are all done by credit card or apple pay/venmo/etc.

So if your daughter was to join a sport team or performing art at her school, and they had some type of competition/event at a high school, she would need either a credit card or phone app just to buy a bottle of water and slice of pizza at the concession stand.

If one of her friends has an older sibling in the high school play and they (your daughter and friends) wanted to go watch the big sibling perform, they'd need to use a phone app just to get in.

I personally find it ridiculous, but it's how it is.

Really? your HS concession stands don't take cash?! Where are you?

I've probably been to 15+ HS over the last 6 months and haven't come across a gate/ticket counter or concession stand that is electronic only?

In fact, for one game, I didn't have cash and they were a cash only operation

This is definitely a thing in my high school. Plays, sporting events, etc. No cash. Must buy through an app on a phone. This actually happened to me at a middle school play. Even the playbill was on an app. No paper copies!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Life is becoming more and more dependent on smart phones.

I don't know what kind of activities/friend outings your daughter participates in, but smart phones might be needed for just very basic things.

I know at my kid's high school, entrance into all games, school plays, etc. are now on an app. Food at the concessions stands are all done by credit card or apple pay/venmo/etc.

So if your daughter was to join a sport team or performing art at her school, and they had some type of competition/event at a high school, she would need either a credit card or phone app just to buy a bottle of water and slice of pizza at the concession stand.

If one of her friends has an older sibling in the high school play and they (your daughter and friends) wanted to go watch the big sibling perform, they'd need to use a phone app just to get in.

I personally find it ridiculous, but it's how it is.

Really? your HS concession stands don't take cash?! Where are you?

I've probably been to 15+ HS over the last 6 months and haven't come across a gate/ticket counter or concession stand that is electronic only?

In fact, for one game, I didn't have cash and they were a cash only operation

This is definitely a thing in my high school. Plays, sporting events, etc. No cash. Must buy through an app on a phone. This actually happened to me at a middle school play. Even the playbill was on an app. No paper copies!

Wow, I assume this is in VA too?

I'm PP that's been to plays & sports events in 3 different counties in MD.

I totally believe you guys I'm just shocked.

It's night & day different to the places I've been in MD. In fact, going to a recent boys HS basketball game, I was behind 4-5 families and each one paid in cash (I'm not sure if there was even a VenMo option)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:6th graders don't need phones. Maybe at 16...maybe.

LOL--my kids are all over the place and I like to keep up with them. This is culturally normal. Not being able to contact your parents or others up to age 16 is bizarre. There aren't even pay phones most places.

“culturally normal??”

- DC, VA, and MD have now legalized recreational marijuana, so that’s also “culturally normal.” Let your own kid smoke weed. Mine will not be allowed to do that.

They will also not have unblocked, full-access IPhones, even if most of their peers do.

Sorry not sorry.

So weed, like alcohol, has age restrictions. It is not culturally normal to let your kids obtain drugs illegally. It is, however, culturally normal to communicate with your teen by phone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Life is becoming more and more dependent on smart phones.

I don't know what kind of activities/friend outings your daughter participates in, but smart phones might be needed for just very basic things.

I know at my kid's high school, entrance into all games, school plays, etc. are now on an app. Food at the concessions stands are all done by credit card or apple pay/venmo/etc.

So if your daughter was to join a sport team or performing art at her school, and they had some type of competition/event at a high school, she would need either a credit card or phone app just to buy a bottle of water and slice of pizza at the concession stand.

If one of her friends has an older sibling in the high school play and they (your daughter and friends) wanted to go watch the big sibling perform, they'd need to use a phone app just to get in.

I personally find it ridiculous, but it's how it is.

Really? your HS concession stands don't take cash?! Where are you?

I've probably been to 15+ HS over the last 6 months and haven't come across a gate/ticket counter or concession stand that is electronic only?

In fact, for one game, I didn't have cash and they were a cash only operation

Yes. I volunteer in the concession stands and have literally had to turn away kids who don't have a credit card or some type of payment app. I really don't like it, but it is what it is.
I don't want to say the exact school, but it's in Northern VA (public high school.)

We hosted a bunch of schools for a district event last year and had a cash-only snack stand -- and none of the kids had cash on hand. Everyone wanted to Venmo or use a card.

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Yeah, the concession stands at the HS my teens attend does not accept cash. The concessions at many of their soccer tournaments don't accept cash either. They stopped during covid & never brought it back. It's also safer since it's posted and known that there's no cash kept onsite.

My DD worked at an ice cream stand this past summer for a few months and it was cashless. I've been in several places recently that no longer accept cash. Very interesting shift we have going on in society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:6th graders don't need phones. Maybe at 16...maybe.

LOL--my kids are all over the place and I like to keep up with them. This is culturally normal. Not being able to contact your parents or others up to age 16 is bizarre. There aren't even pay phones most places.

“culturally normal??”

- DC, VA, and MD have now legalized recreational marijuana, so that’s also “culturally normal.” Let your own kid smoke weed. Mine will not be allowed to do that.

They will also not have unblocked, full-access IPhones, even if most of their peers do.

Sorry not sorry.

So weed, like alcohol, has age restrictions. It is not culturally normal to let your kids obtain drugs illegally. It is, however, culturally normal to communicate with your teen by phone.

It’s also culturally normal for teens to view porn on an IPhone.

But, you are right: there is an icon on on every porn site saying “I am over 18.”

Works great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:6th graders don't need phones. Maybe at 16...maybe.

LOL--my kids are all over the place and I like to keep up with them. This is culturally normal. Not being able to contact your parents or others up to age 16 is bizarre. There aren't even pay phones most places.

“culturally normal??”

- DC, VA, and MD have now legalized recreational marijuana, so that’s also “culturally normal.” Let your own kid smoke weed. Mine will not be allowed to do that.

They will also not have unblocked, full-access IPhones, even if most of their peers do.

Sorry not sorry.

So weed, like alcohol, has age restrictions. It is not culturally normal to let your kids obtain drugs illegally. It is, however, culturally normal to communicate with your teen by phone.

It’s also culturally normal for teens to view porn on an IPhone.

But, you are right: there is an icon on on every porn site saying “I am over 18.”

Works great.

Does your child not know how to use the internet on a computer? Just phones access porn?

My DDs are not on porn apps, so I don't choose to make my life a living hell of trying to get in touch with them by phone. I also think it is safer for them to have a phone with them. They are more likely to need it to call me if they get lost etc than they are to be on bigd*cks.com.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just get the smartphone and remove the apps.

Your kid is not using an app to access porn, fentanyl, and set themselves up for trafficking. No, not kidding.

you sound like a loon. OP, you can get an iphone and disable everything except for talk and text though parental controls

Exactly. Best option. Parental controls can work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:6th graders don't need phones. Maybe at 16...maybe.

LOL--my kids are all over the place and I like to keep up with them. This is culturally normal. Not being able to contact your parents or others up to age 16 is bizarre. There aren't even pay phones most places.

“culturally normal??”

- DC, VA, and MD have now legalized recreational marijuana, so that’s also “culturally normal.” Let your own kid smoke weed. Mine will not be allowed to do that.

They will also not have unblocked, full-access IPhones, even if most of their peers do.

Sorry not sorry.

So weed, like alcohol, has age restrictions. It is not culturally normal to let your kids obtain drugs illegally. It is, however, culturally normal to communicate with your teen by phone.

It’s also culturally normal for teens to view porn on an IPhone.

But, you are right: there is an icon on on every porn site saying “I am over 18.”

Works great.

Does your child not know how to use the internet on a computer? Just phones access porn?

My DDs are not on porn apps, so I don't choose to make my life a living hell of trying to get in touch with them by phone. I also think it is safer for them to have a phone with them. They are more likely to need it to call me if they get lost etc than they are to be on bigd*cks.com.

"Look at the size of that mallard"

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:6th graders don't need phones. Maybe at 16...maybe.

LOL--my kids are all over the place and I like to keep up with them. This is culturally normal. Not being able to contact your parents or others up to age 16 is bizarre. There aren't even pay phones most places.

“culturally normal??”

- DC, VA, and MD have now legalized recreational marijuana, so that’s also “culturally normal.” Let your own kid smoke weed. Mine will not be allowed to do that.

They will also not have unblocked, full-access IPhones, even if most of their peers do.

Sorry not sorry.

So weed, like alcohol, has age restrictions. It is not culturally normal to let your kids obtain drugs illegally. It is, however, culturally normal to communicate with your teen by phone.

It’s also culturally normal for teens to view porn on an IPhone.

But, you are right: there is an icon on on every porn site saying “I am over 18.”

Works great.

Does your child not know how to use the internet on a computer? Just phones access porn?

My DDs are not on porn apps, so I don't choose to make my life a living hell of trying to get in touch with them by phone. I also think it is safer for them to have a phone with them. They are more likely to need it to call me if they get lost etc than they are to be on bigd*cks.com.

How exactly do you know that your kids aren't watching porn?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just get the smartphone and remove the apps.

Your kid is not using an app to access porn, fentanyl, and set themselves up for trafficking. No, not kidding.

you sound like a loon. OP, you can get an iphone and disable everything except for talk and text though parental controls

Exactly. Best option. Parental controls can work.

If you disable everything except for talk and text, then isn't the result just a dumb phone? Why not just give a child a dumb phone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:6th graders don't need phones. Maybe at 16...maybe.

LOL--my kids are all over the place and I like to keep up with them. This is culturally normal. Not being able to contact your parents or others up to age 16 is bizarre. There aren't even pay phones most places.

“culturally normal??”

- DC, VA, and MD have now legalized recreational marijuana, so that’s also “culturally normal.” Let your own kid smoke weed. Mine will not be allowed to do that.

They will also not have unblocked, full-access IPhones, even if most of their peers do.

Sorry not sorry.

So weed, like alcohol, has age restrictions. It is not culturally normal to let your kids obtain drugs illegally. It is, however, culturally normal to communicate with your teen by phone.

It’s also culturally normal for teens to view porn on an IPhone.

But, you are right: there is an icon on on every porn site saying “I am over 18.”

Works great.

Does your child not know how to use the internet on a computer? Just phones access porn?

My DDs are not on porn apps, so I don't choose to make my life a living hell of trying to get in touch with them by phone. I also think it is safer for them to have a phone with them. They are more likely to need it to call me if they get lost etc than they are to be on bigd*cks.com.

How exactly do you know that your kids aren't watching porn?

DP. Her kids have viewed porn. Does anyone really think their kids tell the parents after watching porn?? OMG the naïveté.