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[quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately, the questions of giving phones needs to be asked more precisely (and I'm speaking about my own lexicon).

Between internet connected watches, tablets, smartphones without a cell plan, smartphones with a cell plan, and basic phones, there is a lot of potenial for ambiguity.

When I think, 'is our daughter ready for her own phone,' I'm thinking of a smart phone with a cell plan. (She's upper-elementary/lower middle school so my answer is no, she is not.)

However, I do believe she's ready for a smart phone without a cell plan and she has one. She also has a 202 number through Google voice.

Like others, I see it as a small computer that has many more parental-imposed guiderails available than a laptop. We have imposed many guiderails on her access, including time, location, and access to certain apps and websites. Really, 98% of what she wants is Apple messenger and FB messenger.

Its hilarious to me that my daughter would prefer her used iPhone over a new Apple laptop (not that she has that choice).

As she gets older, we have not decided whether her next device will be an Apple Watch or a basic phone. We will not be adding her iPhone to a cell plan for several years.

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