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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]8th graders shouldn't have phones at all.[/quote]

But the vast majority of them do and have for years now. Mine got his right before eighth grade and was the absolute last kid of anyone we know to have one. [/quote]

Ok, and? You can parent against the majority for your kid's sake. The second they get a phone, the second it becomes the center of their life.[/quote]

Yes, it is a bell that can't be un-rung.

I put this here not for those who already have young kids with phones, but for those with young kids without phones.

You need to start early and socialize with them that they aren't getting a phone until they are in high school.  Say this to them, and talk about it early and often.  It should be well known to them.  It will be tough in 6, 7 and 8th but if it's something that has been known to them for years, it won't be something that they feel that you are "making up" and "arbitrary".

You see this not infrequently but an 11 or 12 year old with a full-blown smartphone is just complete madness.

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