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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is on 8th grade and she’s constantly texting and FaceTiming friends. They’ve gotten to the point where they essentially plan their own social lives and don’t really involve their parents Briley they need a ride somewhere.

However, she has a couple friends who don’t have phones. I think their parents are the type who are waiting for high school. Anyway, I don’t think they realize how much their kids are being left out. Not just of the group chats and socializing that takes place online but in organizing get togethers outside of school. They have to involve their moms and get their moms to text other moms in order to arrange meet ups outside of school like we’re still arranging playdates. It’s awkward. My daughter went to a party over the weekend and one poor girl was left out because the party thrower didn’t want to text this girl’s mom about it. I felt bad hearing the story.

Anyway, I think 7th and 8th graders should have phones. They need it for socializing.[/quote]

ITA. It is a real social hardship not to be able to communicate the way their peers do.  - mom of 3 teen/YA boys.[/quote]

Yep, two middle school girls in NYC communicated their way to a coroner last month.  An urban adventure that went terribly wrong.  [/quote]

In 10 years, none of the "no phone" parents will regret the decision, and many of the "pro phone" parents unfortunately will. Read the NYTimes story about the boy who became addicted to his Game of Thrones chatbot and then committed suicide. The Mom thought she was being careful and was strict about social media, but didn't even know to look out for chatbots.

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I don't let extreme cases dictate my parenting choices[/quote]

What about studies on kids and phone use?[/quote]

What about them? You realize there is a whole world out there of productive, high achieving kids without mental health issues who have smart phones, right? Not every teen is a suicidal recluse. [/quote]

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