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[quote=Anonymous][quote]It's just dumb to give a kid that age a smartphone. Has nothing to do with the kid's maturity. But bad parents have always been there and you just have to stick to your guns.

I love how the best argue,net most people can come up with it that it's dumb to give a kid a smartphone. Why exactly is it dumb? Becaus they will be connected? Becaus they may have fun with it? Because they will learn the technological tools that they will use for their lives before your kid does? Or because y don't like it?

[b]You don't want your kid to have smartphone- good for you. They want their kids to have one - good for them. [/b]You don't have to agree - it's a parenting decision either way and neither in this case is actually a bad one.[/quote]

I agree.  I've got a 6th grader, 4th grader and 3rd grader. I know kids who got smart phones in 1st grade - kids who bring them when they come for playdates/sleepovers. My kids have no cell phone (smarter or stupid), no DS, no iPod, iPad or anything like that.  I hear all the time how much they need one of those devices and 'when am I going to get.....' (imagine the whining and pleading in their voices).  I don't care.  I don't need to understand the reasons other parents get things for their kids and I don't have a problem saying no to my kids.  If it wasn't a smart phone, it'd be something else.  
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