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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In middle school they tend to communicate via text and chat groups.  Kids have school, neighborhood, and sports chat groups. That’s how they meet up.  For example a kid will text “who wants to meet at x park to practice (sport)?  And they’ll arrange times.  Same to inviting each other to a pool or to someone’s house. The groups are super helpful for school questions like “did Mr. A change the deadline to Mon or Tuesday?”  It isn’t obviously a necessity but it is a social and communication tool for middle school.[/quote]

I agree with this. At least get them something where they can talk/text. Doesn’t have to be an expensive smartphone. [/quote]

Agree.  But like a PP said, you don't have to allow unlimited internet or app usage on a smartphone.  You can control this and institute downtime hours via the parental control settings (for an appleID set up for an under 13 year old).  It's user friendly and those lockdown features have worked well for us.[/quote]

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