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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, this is why some parents of older kids/teens roll their eyes when parents of very young kids insist that they won't let their kids have a phone till they are 18.  [/quote]

I've never heard anyone say they won't let their kid have one until 18. Most people I know are hoping to get either through middle school (ambitious) or to middle school (more realistic) without one.

Those watches you can use to text are popular at our elementary school, for precisely this reason. It postpones phones while solving the connectivity issue. And it's useful that you can just put it on a kid's wrist so they can't lose it (though that won't work for swim).

And before you get too smug, maybe consider that the very reason a lot of parents of younger kids are fighting hard against getting their kids phones is because they see a lot of older kids who are phone addicted, a lot of parents who are phone addicted, may know older kids who have had issues with social media or online bullying, etc. The whole reason I'm committed to not giving my kid a phone until as late as possible is because I know so many teens who will tell me themselves that they wish they had not had tablets in elementary and had not had phones in middle.

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You can get smartwatches that kids can wear during swim practice.[/quote]

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