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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of teens here.  Our kids' friends mostly got phones in 6th.  We waited till 7th but we know families who waited till 9th.  Pressure mounts every year.  Get together with as many of your kids friends' parents as you can.  Make a pact to hold off together.  [/quote]

Meh.  This must vary by class.  My kids’ K-8 started asking parents to sign the Wait Until 8th pledge a couple of years ago.  Almost all of the parents in my daughter’s 5th grade class have signed it.  Most 7th graders have phones.  I assume their parents think it’s beneficial for the kids to have them at that age.[/quote]

There's a big difference between a K-8 school and other models.  In our system, there is a PK-5 school and then kids switch to middle school for 6-8.  The vast majority of kids got phones in the summer before middle school.  There were a few that waited longer.  Those that had phones in elementary typically had an extenuating circumstance, such as divorced parents and the need to be able to contact kids individually.  [/quote]

Are you saying being in a K-5 leads to fewer kids getting phones in elementary? Or that the 6-8 model leads to those kids getting phones sooner than if they had been in K-8? [/quote

Middle school in general, tends to lead at least some kids to grow up faster than they need to. Yes, I've seen that the earlier middle school starts, the earlier kids get phones.  [/quote]

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