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[quote=Anonymous]Why make their life harder than it has to be?

My kids use phones for all kinds of school things—using the assignments app, turning in assignments, email, looking up info, editing Google docs, texting teachers, etc etc. I guess they could lug a WiFi iPad around and try to find a signal somewhere but that just stupid.

Plus navigating while driving

Plus every sports team is organized by app and coordinates by text.

My oldest even needs a phone for art portfolio submissions—the art teacher said the new iPhones take the best quality digital pics for easy submission.

Plus socialization.

Plus, yes, sometimes when they are tired and zoning out they watch YouTube videos.

And Apple Pay

And calling a parent if they need help—e.g. my kid missed the bus and we were easily able to coordinate a pickup.

Plus I can track them when they go on school trips, so I know things are going ok

And kindle

And my oldest uses the voice notes to do interviews for the school newspaper.

Etc etc etc

Major pain in the ass if they didn’t have a phone.[/quote]

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