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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not really enthusiastic about my kid having a phone. I’d rather he find other ways to entertain himself and he usually does. But now I’m wondering if he’ll miss out on social interactions without one. He’s finishing sixth grade and says more than 90 percent of kids have them. Is that accurate?  Has anyone held out longer than seventh grade?[/quote]

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+1  We also don't have a home phone, so if they are home alone, they need a phone.

They got an android initially, but everyone else had an iphone. Apparently, the imessage group chats don't really work with android phones. My DC was left out of a lot of the group chats.  It was a huge group chat.

DC saved up and bought an iphone, and DC's social life expanded.

It sucks because as a PP stated, we do fight a lot about phones, but we have a rule where all devices are cut off from data at x time, and for the MSer, the device is left downstairs.  We do what we can to make sure they are not on the phone 24/7.[/quote]

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