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[quote=Anonymous]I know this is a parenting forum, but as a teen, I need advice. I am starting 8th grade tomorrow, and I still don't have a cell phone of my own. My parents considered getting me a phone when I entered 6th grade, but they found out about the Apple Watch. To this day, I still have my Apple Watch, which I can only talk/text to family members on. Throughout 6th and 7th grade I had to constantly explain to my friends that I can't text them, or give them my phone number/snapchat/tiktok etc. I had to ask and exchange parents phone numbers. Apple Watch is also very inconvenient, doesn't deliver messages, lags, and can't forget the fact whenever I would like to make a call, I stand there with it on speakerphone (only option) and holding my wrist up to my mouth. I was left out of group chats, missed out on friends lives, activites, and a lot of social time between me and my peers outside of school. I've tried other ways, such as gmail and google hangouts, but nobody really uses those, and I don't want to bother them with having to use a whole separate app just to talk to me! It makes me upset from time to time, but I have to think from their perspective of why not they would want me to have a cell phone of my own.

- group chats and bullying 
- social media
- screen time
- peer pressure
- grades
- sleep 
- honesty/hiding stuff
- inappropriate content online

I am sure there are ways to setup parental controls to help dismiss the intensity of these concerns. I am turning 14 in November, and my older sister got her cell phone when she was 14. I am part of the few people in my grade who are yet to have a cell phone. I think my 14th birthday is a good time to ask, so can I have some opinions and tips on how to do it right, and successfully get a cell phone?

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