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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In MS, suddenly the kids are coming from a larger area.  They use the phone/messaging for school work and social purposes.

What I saw (in an UMC area) was the kids without phones were often excluded  -- not out of malice, but because they are hard to reach.

(FWIW, we got DD her first phone in the 5th grade after a miscommunication between my wife and I left DD alone at school; I was at work, she was taking a nap.  School called me after they could not reach DW -- I explained where I was and how long it would take to get there.  Got yelled at by an admin.  Wife eventually reacted to 5 or 6 phone calls, and got her.).[/quote]

I don't see the point of this story. How would the cell phone have helped? The administrators had phones and were using them to no avail. The miscommunication was between you and your wife. And your wife would have still slept through the daughter's calls, too, right?

I am always hearing about how kids NEED phones and I have yet to hear one convincing argument.

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