Reply to Has anyone successfully avoided giving their *high school* kids smart phones?

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "Has anyone successfully avoided giving their *high school* kids smart phones?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My post isn’t going to be much help but I’m curious why wait? We chose to get phones for our kids in middle school, when they were old enough to stay home alone. If home alone, they need to be able to make calls. I didn’t care what kind of phone, but they needed to be able to make and receive calls and texts. Smart watches are fine, but not nearly as easy to use. We got the base iPhone (SE), put onto the famil plan for no additional money and had a conversation about what was allowed and what wasn’t. Then we used trust and had faith that the trust we were putting in them was well-placed because of what we had taught them. I wholeheartedly believe trust should be given until no longer deserved.

They can buy apps without our approval, but they’ve never tried. Kids watch videos, text, use discord, make calls when necessary, check homework and other school apps. This approach has worked fine for four years. Certainly will adjust if a kid breaks the trust. I’m just curious why all the non-trust and waiting?[/quote]

My 10th grader has a pinwheel. She can call and use all the homework apps and other stuff. She just has no browser and no social media. She can text to her heart's delight. 
She isn't socially crippled, but she also doesn't need access to netflix or instagram on her phone. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics