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[quote=Anonymous]I have 3 boys.

My oldest is in high school and got a phone between 5th and 6th grade.  He was one of the first in his group to get a phone and it was an uncool flip phone.

My second is in middle school.  He got a flip phone at the end of 6th grade and an older model iphone in 7th.

My youngest is in 6th grade and does not yet have a phone.  He is the "coolest" and most popular of the 3.  He might get a phone in middle school or he might not.

Our ages has gotten older with each kid as we learn more.

Flip phones are really obsolete,  and the more we learn we realize the less an elementary or middle achool kid needs a smart phone.

They just do not have the judgement at that age to not put themselves at risk through their smart phones.

Theh make really, really poor choices.

My middle school kids' friends, all REALLY good kids whose parents would swear had good judgement, make really poor choices with their smart phones and phone cameras, includi g requesting/sending nudes as young as age 12.

They put things out via instagram, IM, text, snapchat and more that is completely innapropriate and which they have no control over once they hit send.  They think they are being funny or edgy, but they are often being racist, sexist,  homophobic or just stupid.  As my high schooler says  " Do you really want all your middle school musings out there for all eternity, out of your control, for the whole world to see?"

They say you learn from your older kids to become a better parent.

For us, that means realizing that hurrying to get your elementary or middle school child a smart phone is a really, really stupid parenting move.[/quote]

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