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[quote=Anonymous]It depends when middle school starts.  In my district it’s 6th grade.  The vast majority of them get them for middle school.  There are practical reasons for this.  They get out of school pretty early and almost all where I live are walkers.  So they have a good amount of independence after school.  It’s a blessing and a curse.  The phone allows them to spontaneously meet up with friends, communicate plans with friends when out, for you to see where they are, face time with friends when home, etc.  The phones genuinely facilitate a lot more in person interaction, for our kid at least.   Our kid has a phone for these reasons but it’s pretty locked down other than the texting and face time.  We use screen time to control it.  The watch is an option and we tired it but found the battery was wearing out quickly. It would not make it through school day and after school all the time.

It’s really a double edged sword.  It will 💯 impact their ability to socialize if they don’t have it.  This is the reality of how these kids interact and socialize.  If your kid doesn’t have the phone to text and face time they will not be part of the social mix.   But there are a lot of downsides certainly.  [/quote]

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