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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ours is in 8th grade & apparently only one w/out a phone. [/quote]

What planet do you live on?   A kid that age needs a phone to have a social life if anything.

My son has a friend (Asian) who is in ninth grade and still does not own a phone.  DS is kind enough to invite him over to play xbox now and then (he lives close by), but for the most part, this boy has no other friends.  His parents are ultra protective and too cheap to give him a phone.  At some point it becomes unsafe to be without a phone.[/quote]

Oh wow.  I'm so glad you're DS I'd SO KIND to invite an Asian over to play once in a while.  How so generous of you.  You must be so proud :roll: [/quote]

Actually DS likes him...it isn't a pity thing or anything.  But I mentioned he was Asian because i think it might be a cultural thing.  The parents are kind of strange.[/quote]

Wait, wait - so you are saying kids deserve smart phones by all parents because kids deserve a social life and won't have one without it?  THAT is the actual reason all the parents cave. It has absolutely nothing to do with safety. You are all like little teens again succumbing to peer pressure. Making sure their kids are cool. I teach in a middle school and can assure you there are plenty of kids without a smart phone. If parents truly wanted the best interests of their kids, they wouldn't hand over a screened phone at such a young age. If you truly want a phone to reach them you get a tracphone with no screen and only calling capabilities. But I guess their social stock would plummet, correct? [/quote]

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