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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My brown kids (they aren't snowflakes) are 5, 10, and 12.  And not sure if you are the PP that mentioned that their 4th graders knew how to get around using Instagram but it is for ages 13 and up.  No 4th or 5th grader is ever close to that. No elementary aged school should have iPhones or iTouches that give them unlimited internet and apps.  THAT is what my response was about.  No school computer labs.  What kind of retort is that?  My older kids barely use computer labs in school anyway.  They don't own iPhones, my 12yr old had a pay-based phone and has a ipod shuffle that she can download music off of my iMac.  She uses it for school sometime and that's it.  She doesn't have the interest because she doesn't have the addiction.  My 10yr old son rather play sports 24hrs a day.  He doesn't even own an iPod or MP3. Just isn't his thing.  Middle school kids have enough crap and insecurity to deal with.  Adding social media is a recipe for disaster.  And by looking at some of the responses here, I am certainly glad my 12yr old DD isn't on it.  [/quote]

So your kids use computers but you monitor their access- that's exactly what I was advocating.  You posed the question [i]"why do your kids have computer access and iPhones in 4th grade?"[/i].  It wasn't about unlimited access to social media or apps.  When you change the parameters of the discussion, don't question my retort.  [/quote]

My comment was to the person who said 4th graders in Vienna are on Instagram. I doubt they are using that on their school computer so why bring it up? We have one computer in our study. It is 100% monitored. But go ahead and give portable devices for learning purposes. That isn't the way my family is. [/quote]

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