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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] Agree 100%.

I get a kick out of the “there is absolutely no reason to have a smartphone or social media! None!” people. How about communication? Social interaction? Keeping up with their friends? Watching videos for FUN (oh, the horror!)? My daughter uses hers as her alarm. And a phone to call her friends. And to text. And to check out her friends Instagram. And to look up fun art projects. And to binge watch Friends on Netflix.

You may not like the reasons, but that’s on you. There are plenty of reasons in this day and age to have a smartphone and social media. I just monitor my daughters phone when necessary and talk about stuff that comes up as needed.[/quote]

How old is your daughter? At sixteen, maybe. At eleven and twelve? Unnecessary. My 12yo daughter has an actual alarm. She calls her friend on our landline which we got for that purpose. She creates art projects that she thinks up using her own imagination, and she watches Netflix on a real television. She doesn’t text except from my phone occasionally and[b] she doesn’t look at her friends’ Instagrams which is good because they shouldn’t even have them. [/b]

Your reasons why your child needs a smartphone are ridiculous. She doesn’t. [/quote]

Ha. Ok lady. [/quote]

No, the lady is correct.  Parents should not open up this world to elementary and middle school kids.  Teens are a different story.  If your elementary or middle school child needs a phone to call or text you, get them a flip phone.  They don't need a smartphone.  They don't need to watch videos on a phone, play games on a phone and they really really shouldn't be on social media much if at all at this age, and certainly not have access to that when they are not supervised.[/quote]

For most, middle school goes to 14 years old. [/quote]

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