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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I didn't think that Bark was a baby phone. Not sure hoe you can even make this judgement considering the phone isn't even out yet. I've been doing lots of reading on these -- Troomi, Gabb, Pinwheel....plenty of people have them.

Look, I'm an Apple person and have been for years. I just don't think kids need something so powerful so young, not to mention the expense. I gave my kid the hypothetical choice of an iWatch, which I was willing to buy, and a non-Apple phone and she chose the phone.

She has plenty of friends in various groups and is into clubs at school and sports. When I've been around some of her friends, I'm shocked at how some of them literally barely look up from their phones ... ever. I took a couple on a road trip recently and one literally did not take her eyes off the phone the entire four hours. Constantly plugged in, constantly scrolling social media....no thanks. I'll put that off until she's more mature to handle it.

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From the link, it looks like an android. I doubt most 6th graders know the difference between that and any other android. I have good luck monitoring my kids on our iphones because I understand them. I'm also not super strict with phone use and never have been....mine actually don't just sit on their phones when socializing in person, I think because I never restricted it much. But personalities are different, and I see what you see with some kids too. If my kids were like that I might be more bothered by it. [/quote]

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