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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop the madness.

We debated whether to get the older kid a smart phone when she entered middle school, but that seems to have become the de facto entry point when parents give them. So, we decided to do it, drafted a contract for expectations of behavior, the whole works.

Now, two or three parents of friends of our youngest kid, in elementary school, have given their children smart phones for Christmas or whatever. And as you can imagine, the badgering has started as these kids have no one to text and keep telling our kid they want to text her.

But guess what? We're not ready for this child to have a phone, for a number of reasons (including the fact that this is a $700/year investment once all is said and done). We're also not ready for this child to have a texting account, for a number of reasons (maturity, uncertainty about whether child will follow our expectations based on personality).

I wish people would realize that when they give their children phones this young, it's like a virus that spreads throughout the network of friends. They become a wedge for the "haves" and the "have nots" for whatever reason. My kid will be a "has not" until middle school, but I get to hear about it every day now for a year and a half.

Ugh.[/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.  [/quote]

[b]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[/b]? 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?

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

Oh, I guess you haven't run into the wifi lady on here yet.  You know you are making your kids infertile, have autism, cancer, and all other sorts of things with all those wireless gadgets. [/quote]

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