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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hey, I just wanted to put it out there that it is possible to wait beyond middle school.  My ninth grader doesn't have any kind of phone and doesn't want one; he hates the pressures of texting and group chats, and not having a phone gives him the space away from this stuff that he likes.  He does have an iPad, which stays at home.  Everyone told me that a high schooler without a phone would make athletic and extracurricular logistics really tough, but it's been totally fine so far.  If anything, the logistics of a 7th grader without a phone was harder for us.  Now my son goes everywhere independently, and he likes being present in the world without a device.  I think this choice would be trickier if I had a daughter.[/quote]

That is great, but I hope he is included in everything he wants to be? My son’s friendship group all got phones at the end of 8th except for one kid and that kid is now definitely left out of things - not intentionally, but he’s not included when they plan things because it’s by text and he has missed a few hangouts because of it. His parents have texted the other parents to find out plans but it isn’t working very well now that the parents aren’t the ones making the arrangements. [/quote]

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