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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I often wonder about the safety aspect- are we giving ourselves a false sense of security?  If the child is really hurt, they can't call, if they are abducted, they can't call/text, if they are at school and we are across town at work, what can we do to help them?  I'm not trying to be negative, just wondering how the phone helps, especially at a young age when parents are working and more than 10 minutes away.[/quote]

Because he spends hours every week on an athletic field and sometimes it rains - he can call me and tell me if he got a ride home, or if I need to leave the office.  He can tell me where he is going to wait.  I can call him and tell him who will drive him home when metro breaks down.

I don't know what your fifth grader is like, but mine is fairly independent.  Rides a bike to school, home from school.  Sometimes, wants to stay late and maybe hang with friends on the school athletic fields.  I like him to call and ask.

I don't walk around with no way to communicate, so why should he?[/quote]

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