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Reply to "Current 8th grader doesn't have a cell phone yet. Is it really necessary for kids to have a cell phone in high school?"
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[quote=Anonymous]You can get around all the apps everyone is talking about but (a) it is a pain; and (b) it can be helpful to start easing kids into using tech productively with parental guidance. For example, my 8th grader is super disorganized and anxious, but over the year, she has gotten in the habit of adding all her engagements/appointments to the family google calendar, rsvping to her team app, participating in the groupme chats independently with her supervisor at the camp she will be working at this summer/signing up for shifts, she manages her allowance on the bank app, keeps up a to-do list app, health portal for making/canceling appointments, etc. Things like NYT games app and spotify are nice to have (we do all the puzzles together in the morning). She has less than 1 hr of phone time per day, and as long as parents set healthy limits, it has been just fine. She does not have internet access let alone social media - you don't have to allow those things.[/quote]
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