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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like you understand the consequences of your options.  [b]If you don't allow some sort of electronic device, particularly an apple one, she will be left out.[/b]  And, she will know and she will feel it.  And, it won't just be on texts and group chats.  But, she won't get included in activities because they are planned on texts and group chats.  OTOH, if you give her a phone, you will have to monitor it and teach her how to use it in accordance with your values.

Personally, I opted for the phone.  You gotta work with your kids at some point to navigate use of electronics and managing drama so you might as well do it at the point where it is necessary to avoid the adverse consequences on their relationships and social lives.  [/quote]

Omg, does an Apple marketing dept employee shill-post here??? Nobody's social life died because they didn't have an iPhone. Let me tell you the secret about popular kids: they will still be popular even if they communicate by carrier pigeon. It's not the brand of phone they have or the brand of athleisure they wear, it's how they command attention. [/quote]

For kids that do not have phones but have an Apple Watch or iPad, having an Apple product absolutely impacts their ability to communicate. They can't join iMessage chats  - so if only one or two kids have an Android, they are left out. It's real.[/quote]

Not really the case any more (or ever really), but I could see kids not knowing how to properly set it up. Parents, you absolutely don't need to pay the apple tax, just help them get up and running. [/quote]

Yeah.  I’m not tech savvy.  But I do know for certain my teens’ have friends with androids and they absolutely are in group chats.  I also know that if an android device starts a group chat and you have an apple device, you cannot leave the chat.  You can only silence it.  OP, I feel for you.  Group chats are a huge distraction.  I would have bought a 5th grader an iPhone.  That is bananas and I wouldn’t care if “everyone else” has one. They don’t, there are still many sane parents out there. [/quote]

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