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[quote=Anonymous]It is very unusual not to have a phone at her age.

My DD had a friend like this in middle school- it was expected that friends text or call the girl’s MOM’s cell phone if they wanted to chat or make plans. Extremely awkward for all. Unfortunately, the girl ended up being left out of a lot of plans. An iPad she could text from would’ve been a great help, but she didn’t have that either.

I really do not see the point of this. I spent a lot of time on the phone with my friends during middle school…how is this different? My parents didn’t restrict my phone time as long as homework and chores were done (and no one else in the house needed to use the phone of course). With parental controls in place (no app downloading without permission, no internet browser) a cell phone is just a phone. They can call and text - that is pretty much it, if you want it that way.

Even schools assume they have all have phones- and various things are structured around that, the older they get. [/quote]

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