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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got a fitbit this year and love it.  My children have been obsessed with it, and both (9 and 7 years old) insist they want one, too.

It would be an expensive, but not unreasonable, purchase for us.

Today 9 year old took out the entire "savings" money and said it could be used to buy a fitbit, and that many other kids have one.  (and when pressed, named about 5-6 kids - all of whom I think of as fairly athletic, sporty kids).   Persuasive arguments were made, and 9 year old has never asked to spend savings before.

If 9 year old gets one, 7 year old will be furious and want one too, and not sure this qualifies as one of those things you need to be older to have (like an iPod, or whatever), so I'm kinda thinking about buying two, as end of the school year "gifts," or maybe asking each child to pay half.  We're not a heavy electronics family, so no one has their own phone or iPad or anything yet, though we are planning to purchase a family computer this year (currently we just use our work laptops for our relatively minor needs).

7 year old is very athletic, active kid.  9 year old is moderately active, but also enjoys a fair amount of couch sitting (TV or book reading).

Do a fair number of kids have fitbits? (I'm going to ask at school pick up today).  And is this a reasonable purchase for this age range?  [/quote]

I could have written this post! I also just got one, and my 8 and 9 yo kids are obsessed. They have also named several kids at school that have them. I might hold off until Christmas, but I can't see the harm if you have the money and they are responsible with it. You are not supposed to wear it in the pool, so that's something they would need to be aware of.[/quote]

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