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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's so interesting to me that so many ppl are asking or saying that a kids social life will suffer. Don't kids live anywhere near their friends anymore??  Can't they see each other in person?[/quote]

You clearly don't know that kids socialize in a very different way than we did 30 years ago. [/quote]

I know that they socialize differently and I don't think it's all that great.[/quote]

That's irrelevant. Their social life will suffer in HS if they have no way of communicating with their friends over the phone. [/quote]

Nearly all plans are made via text. If they don’t have a phone, how would their friends even reach them? Do you have a landline? Or expect their friends to call/text you and leave a message? There was a kid or two like that in middle school, but I just don’t see how this would work for a high schooler.

Beyond that, mine use their phones to check grades & get into Google classroom, etc. on the fly. They also use their phones for extracurriculars- for example, my freshman DS uses it for his sport- practice and game schedules are in an app (along with special instructions sometimes- “wear the blue jersey today” “meet in the weight room today instead of the field” “practice will end early today at 4:00”) and so on. These changes are often last minute and I don’t even know how he would find the info without a phone.

I also need them to have phones to keep in touch for rides etc from sports and other extracurriculars and outings. To attend sporting events at our school- like an high school football game for example- all (including kids/students attending) must purchase and show an electronic ticket. No alternative (this one surprised me). They wouldn’t even be able to attend a HS football game with friends, without a phone…

In high school, everything is setup assuming all kids have a phone. It is reality, whether we like it or not…[/quote]

Sorry if this wasn't clear. My kids have apple watches with cell service. They can text just fine and make phone calls. I can also track them.

-OP

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Those Apple Watches are going to be useless for turning in assignments and participating in class.

Unless your high school is unusually non- phone-dependent, they need a smart phone and they need to know how to use it well. [/quote]

If they have their chrome books, why do they need phones? They take their chrome books to school everyday now. They turn in things electronically for the most part. I am seriously asking. -OP[/quote]

Have you read the posts about how admission to football/basketball games, the drama productions, etc. are now done by app?
Is it that you think your kid will never want to go to these things?  [/quote]

DP here but the kid could just ask their parent to get them the tickets on the parent's phone, if it's that important. I'm not against high schoolers having phones, but this argument doesn't make sense. [/quote]

You show the tickets at the door ON THE PHONE.  :roll: [/quote]

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