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[quote=Anonymous]Starting in 6th grade, my DS had an Apple Watch and iPad from which he can receive and send texts. He's in 7th grade now. The group chats seemed a bit more problematic last year than this year--in part because I think it was a novelty for a lot of the kids in the chat and because DS was learning how to navigate interacting with his friends and classmates in that manner. We monitor his texts and he knows it. I check regularly, but at random intervals. (He also knows that we can find any texts he deletes).

There were a couple of texts that he received--group and individual--that we had to discuss with him. We also had to tell him to change the name of one of his group chats or leave it entirely because another member changed it to an inappropriate name. My DS didn't seem to understand the references in these situations, so we had to explain it to him and explain what he should do upon receiving those texts--including coming to us if he wasn't sure whether a text was a problem. We have also discussed with him repeatedly that every text he sends, or every text he reacts to, can be screenshotted and "live forever."

His watch and iPad live in our family room so he is not on these devices in his room. He also must ask before using his iPad whether for school or fun. We have parental controls on the iPad and we can see which apps he accesses and how much time he spent on them.

Overall, it's working for us. He's a pretty responsible kid. He's also super busy with school and sports and doesn't spend much time on his devices. Being able to text or call him on the Apple Watch has been really helpful since he takes public transportation to/from school and when he meets up with friends. [/quote]

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