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[quote=Anonymous]I’m the mom of an almost 14yo girl who is entering 9th grade (she’s very young for the grade). She got a phone - with major parental controls - in 7th grade when she turned 12. I was opposed to her getting an iPhone but she convinced my husband for a variety of reasons and I relented. She’s a responsible user but she is definitely on it more than I would like. She isn’t allowed any social media at all. She’s now asking for Snap because that’s the way “everyone” communicates but she’s not getting it or any social media til 16.

If your parents are reasonable people I would just approach them with the reasonable request and hope for the best. Do NOT get a burner phone or be a pain about it but hopefully they will let you get a phone, even if all you can do with it is call and text, which is pretty much what my daughter could do. She also is into taking photos and listening to music, and I appreciate being able to track her location - she travels on her own to school and afterschool activities so it’s nice to be able to see where she is. She’s a smart and trustworthy kid, especially for one who is young for her class (she’ll be 14 in October) but she’s been very mature about the phone.

We also make her put it to charge in the kitchen at 9pm every day and she doesn’t take it into her room unless she is doing homework on FaceTime. She has a 1hour time limit for texting so she has to ask permission if she goes beyond that. There are a lot of ways to keep reasonable limits for kids phone use.

Good luck with this and with school![/quote]

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