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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The people on this thread who think iPhones are somehow not as bad as Apple Watches are out of their minds. Apple Watches make it very difficult to access social media at the best of times (videos are close to unviewable) and can be easily locked down because the workaround browsers don't work on them. Texting is possible, but a pain to do for long chains/convos. You can treat the watch like a phone in terms of putting it away at night. Basically Apple Watch >>>> iPhone for a kid.

I got my kids Gizmos for logistics in 4th grade and we will let them upgrade to Apple Watches in 6th (middle school) for the maps, Apple wallet and compatibility with non-Gizmos functions. iPhones likely in 8th so we get a year of close supervision before HS, but not 100% sure on that yet.

Thankfully, most schools are now taking watches and phones during the day.[/quote]

I hear what you are saying, but watches are easier to hide, and harder to put away.  The watches also give parents a false sense of security, in that they think their kids aren't sucked into them all the time.  I don't think kids should have either before middle school, (which is 7th for my kids).  Once mine had phones, I turned off safari, so they did not have a way to browse the internet, but absolutely I know they will find ways to work around whatever I set up.  In that way the phone definitely requires more attention from the parents. [/quote]

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