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My teen doesn't have a cell phone.

What's your excuse, OP?[/quote]

Humm...ok, so your point is what?  How sad if they have an emergency they cannot contact you or someone for help.[/quote]

HAHAHA  that is how bad parents just giving their kids a cell phone. generations and generations of kids survived without cell phones.[/quote]

Seriously. When no one else had cell phones either.  There may have been a pay phone here or there, but mostly out on your own for hours and hours staring at age 6/7.  Now all adults have them and every store/business has a phone. Your kid really doesn’t even need one and if he had one, it can be for dialing a few numbers only, not a $700 smart phone with monthly services all paid for by Mommy and Daddy. [/quote]

Ok, so you had neglectful parents.  At 6/7 we were not off on our own.  Not all iPhones or smart phones cost $700.  And, yes parents should pay for phone service.  What next, you expect your kids to pay for their own food and clothing.  You sound as selfish as your parents were to you.  I have no issue with my child having a iPhone or other phone.  Yes, I will pay for it.  It is for me, not for them.[/quote]

DP.  Completely disagree with you.  In the 70s and 80s, kids just went and played outside in their neighborhood.  We weren't  far away, but our parents weren't hovering over us every second of the day either.  We were not neglected, you are a helicopter parent.  We were fine without smartphones.

People who give their kids access to smart phones before high school are idiots.  That's neglectful parenting.  Even high school kids don't really have the maturity and reasoning capabilities to handle social media.  If we are honest, many adults don't either.  [/quote]

We always had a parent or neighbor supervising.  6-7 year olds should be supervised.  You complain your kids aren't connected to you and don't care about family time, well, this is why.  You don't make it a priority to spend that time with your kids or even play with them.

My kids have access to all the devices.  My 8 year old will get a phone in a few months for camp.  Mine use it to stay connected to family.  They call and text their aunts, their grandparents including ones in another country all the time.  Everyone loves it.  It may tear apart your family because of how they/you use it but for us it keeps us connected.

I get so tired of kids coming up to play with us on the playground when their parents are either ignoring them or not there.  When we bring food, it amazes me how many kids just help themselves and parents don't care that their kids take food from strangers or even ask/thank us.[/quote]

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