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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I have a younger son and I am quite frankly scared of all the apps, social media etc.  So many things can happen. There are predators out there trying to make contact with teens. Read up some of the "sextortion" scams that are happening to teen boys - a user pretending to be a hot young girl will contact you, send pics, get you to send pics, and then try to blackmail you into giving them money to not release your pictures. Young men have killed themselves over this! And who know what all else goes on. It's a different world than when we were young.

That being said, I do understand that there is going to be a tipping point where if I don't get my son a phone, he's going to be left out of plans with friends, and I do care about his happiness, so at that point I will likely get him a phone with the ability to call and text and that's it. I think this is the way to sell it to your parents. I get that kids use things like snapchat for the dms now but I think just plain texting/group texting/calling is going to be the easiest sell. [/quote]

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