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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]None of my 3rd graders classmates have a phone, that I know of. I do know 3 kids with smart watches (the Gizmodo watches) but they aren't in her school class, but friends from activities.

My kid has never expressed an interest in getting a phone. She is excited to get a watch in 4th or 5th because she knows that is going to come with a bit more independence for her (walking to and from school on her own, being able to walk to a friend's house without one of us). We have list of things she has to demonstrate she can do before we get it and she is working on it very seriously.[/quote]

Why would you do a watch before a flip phone?  [/quote]

Largely because other kids get Gizmo watches and it works best when kids have the same devices. I've been told the Gizmo is very easy to place parental controls on, and the subscription is pretty inexpensive (like $10 a month or something).

We honestly haven't looked seriously into it yet because we're still at least a year if not more away from doing this. This is partly based on the experience of our good friends with a 5th grader and their recent experience (though bought her a "dumb phone" but she wanted a watch instead because it's what her friends had, they were able to set it up so it was limited in the same way). [/quote]

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