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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not sure the logic of "we didn't have phones when we were kids" holds up unfortunately. When I was a kid, there were payphones at school so we could call our parents. our kids have no way to reach out without having their own phones. Also there used to generally be payphones around (near sports fields, etc) but that is not the case anymore.[/quote]

The school office should let them make an emergency phone call. If they are at a sports practice, the adult coach should let them make an emergency call. 
What other kinds of callls  would they need to make? [/quote]

Things that aren't emergencies like "can I skip X activity to go with my friends to do such-and-such". Or "I thought I wanted to go to aftercare to work on a project with Jane but she is sick so can you come pick me up an hour before our agreed upon ti,e." or me calling to say "your violin teacher is sick so you can go watch your friends soccer game after all"

Obviously none of these are life or death, but I don't see a lot of downside to a basic flip phone to help with instances like this.[/quote]

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