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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m have a young tween and several in the class already have them, and DC has asked for one. For those who have successfully held out until kids were in 8th or older, how have you done it? Just a simple no, shown them the research, tried to find similar-minded parents of peers (how?). Any advice on how you did it would be awesome.[/quote] We were fortunate in that our oldest was not pressuring us for a phone and we waited until the end of 8th Grade. After that it was easy to explain as a "house rule" that it would be unfair to violate. I think the impulse to explain yourself and your reasons is generally a good one, but doesn't work here. You just have to say no and take the blowback.[/quote]
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