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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP with a dumb question: can someone join a group text from an iPad using an email and not a phone number?[/quote]

Yes, in 4th and 5th grade this was how my daughter texted and FaceTimed her friends. We just used the iCloud email. She has a phone going into 6th now but she still uses both the iPad and phone interchangeably as it’s logged into the same account on the phone as well. [/quote]

OP and thank you! I don’t want to give in on the phone but I can see a situation where we set up the family ipad with an Apple ID that belongs just to DD and keep it in the kitchen like an old-fashioned family desktop computer/landline. [/quote]

Well hold up. . . you've got to make sure you can read those texts and she can't delete them before you do.  I don't know all the ways this can be done, but when my now college kid was in MS she had her own number, but it was linked to my apple ID.  This meant, I could log-in to her account and read her messages on my IPad.  You want that kind of supervision initially.  You'll see some very important teaching moments.  Things that came up in my kids' group chats:  (1) a friend posting a picture about the smell of Lush "making her wet" with pics of my DD and other friends (gross); (2) someone just texting back rudely to my DD "I don't care" and coaching her through how to respond; (3) racist language being used by boys in a mixed-gender group chat; (4) bullying happens all the time in group chats as the group may gang up on someone for something they did or said.   This sort of stuff continues through H.S. and your kid will need to learn how to manage these sorts of conflicts.  But, having you see some of the problems as they develop early on can help while the stakes are relatively low and she'll be willing to accept your input more than she will be when she's 16. [/quote]

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