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Kids will eventually need to learn to use phones and social media responsibly.  Elementary school is not that time.  Parents like you are a NIGHTMARE.[/quote]

I know, it's hard for your kids to keep up with my smart, savvy, independent, socially-skilled kids. They make yours look bad.

My view is, kids learn what they are ready to learn. Putting off learning and independence because it makes adults uncomfortable is foolishness.

It's a celly. It's a tool. Our job is to teach them how to use them. Providing access is a key part of that.

FWIW, my kids have also ridden the public bus from middle school grade (well from 5th but w/buddy system), the younger one can cook a full course dinner, and the older one can change a tire -- and oh has a youtube channel that makes about $1000 / month (about shoes, sometimes hip hop.) He puts that money in a bank account he's managed himself since he was 12 and is saving for college, has saved close to 10k in the last year.

Using his phone.

Which he's had since he was 10.

My goal has always been to raise capable, self-sufficient young people. In 2019, independent digital access is part of that. [/quote]

So I guess you’re not a regular mom, you’re a “cool mom.”[/quote]

+1. A cool YouTube mom, at that! YouTube mom, you and your children are the problem here. [/quote]

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