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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, I am in a weird place with this thread.  On one hand, I think it's absurd to force kids to give up their phones, especially as they get older.  I can't decide if it's infantalizing them, and expecting they do do things much younger than age-appropriate, or Boomer-esque by assuming they will sit around and chat like Grandma does before her bridge game.

On the other hand, I think the people who insist that their kids never, ever be separated from their phones because they have to be able to be contacted all the time, or because here may be a scary dog, or someone might be mean to them, or whatever other nonsense they have come up with are equally, if not more ridiculous.

So, I guess I have no home.  Verdict, ESH.   [/quote]

I’m with you. I don’t like the idea of another parent taking my kid’s phone.  But it’s not because I need to be in contact with them. It’s more the principle. It’s their belonging, and another parent has no right to take it from them.

It was interesting hearing one poster explain they do it to PREVENT drinking or inviting more kids over. So it’s a good intention, but I’m still not a fan.

Ultimately I think it’s incredibly uncommon for parents to do this and I don’t imagine my kids will run into this [/quote]

Nobody is taking it just asking them to leave it in a specified spot.[/quote]

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