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[quote=Anonymous]We got our daughter an iPhone 4s in 6th grade.  We got the phone itself for free from Apple.  I signed up for a minimal plan and I wrote an extensive contract for us all to sign about our expectations for usage.  It has only been a plus.  Her summer camps have been phone free zones -- camp rules.  She also knows that she cannot expect any privacy right now with it.  She also has a check-in requirement each evening.  I did allow a check-in extension this past week when her camp group was planning its outfits for superhero day, but I was enlisted to read her texts to her and respond so she could focus on making her costume.  Frankly the phone has been a real help and she has been very responsible.

For those saying only bad parents who make bad decisions get phones for young kids, the earliest phones for kids families were the families going through bad divorces.  You know the kind where one parent eliminates or minimizes contact between kids and non-present parent.  In fact, I suggested to one such close friend that she buy a phone for her child when her soon to be ex-husband had no land line and refused to provide her a cell phone number and later changed phones and numbers without providing her the new number.[/quote]

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