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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At 11, I think it's okay for your kids to have a phone. I know EVERYTHING my 12 year old DD is doing....and I mean EVERYTHING. I know where she is, I know who she is calling, I know who she is texting, I know every site she visits, etc. I control if she can download an app, a request comes to my phone that I have to approve before it's installed on her phone. I get a nice report and she knows I do too[b]. I was so against her having a phone until I realized the power it actual gives me to know what she is up to.
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I also think parents need to remember what they did when they were 11. I know the first thing I did was come home, do my homework, then I would call up my five friends that all could walk to each other and we would make plans to play outside, etc. We all hand landlines then....we would stretch that phone card as far as it would go to get a little privacy too. Today, I only know of one of my DD friend's parents that still have a landline. This is just this generations version of what we used to do....I know my parents would have killed for today's technology to track me when I was teenager. :)[/quote]
Could you please share what apps you use? I also have a tween (without a phone so far) but have no idea how those tracking apps work.[/quote]

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