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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I despise them, as I've seen lots of examples of kids constantly distracted by incoming texts.  This is outside of school, but I've heard from my kids that the watches are not really locked down.

We did phones in 7th for my older two, which were easy to put in a drawer, not attached to their bodies, and easy to lock down. For my youngest who will want more freedom earlier, I'm considering a flip phone in 5th grade.  Then he could text me when going to friends' houses or other places[/quote]+1

My repeated experience is that kids are always preoccupied with their Apple watch. Super duper distracting and it makes it hard for them to focus on anything, including homework and healthy social interactions.

-- Mom of 7th grader[/quote]

This depends very much on the child, and I have not noticed this at all with my DD and her friends who only have watches. I have, on the other hand, had to ask her friends to put their phones away. My 7th grader never wears her watch at home, she puts it on the charger as soon as she gets home. It's also locked down and in school time during the day (and yes, of course, she does occasionally text us to tell us how she did on a test), but for the most part she uses it to say "can you please come pick me up" or "I am with Friend X in Location Y".

That said, I wouldn't buy one for an elementary schooler. She got one at the end of the 6th and uses it purely as a tool to communicate with us and a handful of friends. I think she even took herself out of a group chat once because it was annoying.[/quote]

OMG the fact that you are ok with your kid texting you from school after a test, is half the issue.  Can you imagine a classroom full of kids doing that?  Or the parents who have low boundaries and are texting the kids to ASK how the kid did on a test?  Gah.  [/quote]

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