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[quote=Anonymous]By fifth grade lots of kids had them, especially if their parents were divorced, but we started with the start of middle school. We tie it to more grown up behavior. My son has to get himself up and then complete his entire morning routine in time to leave for the school bus. If he's successful, he gets the phone as he's leaving in the morning. If I have to get him up or prompt him to stay on task, no phone for the day. I figure if you're grown up enough for a phone, you have to act like it. If/When you do get your child a phone, I found that the first few months required some monitoring to be sure he was appropriate. Like, if you text someone and they don't text back in two minutes, it's not ok to text again. And, initially, the language between the kids required some discussion. [/quote]
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