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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can’t a kid without a phone just use email? Why does everything have to be texted?[/quote]

They may as well make plans via telegram. They do not check email frequently enough to make spontaneous plans.[/quote]

Don’t parents coordinate anyway, regardless of if the kids have phones? I’m not dropping my kid off at someone’s house if I haven’t heard from their parent to confirm [/quote].

No, my 11 year old tells me where they are going and when they will be home and I don't feel the need to call parents or otherwise involve myself [/quote]

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lol right?? What do you expect from a parent who hands her 11 year old and iPhone and says good luck![/quote]

Okay, team helicopter. If the idea that an 11 year old  should not be trusted to manage such a basic social interaction as making afternoon plans isn't a recipe for anxious and incapable kids then I don't know what is.

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I don't think it's helicopter parenting to want to know who your 11 year old is with. [/quote]

This is absolutely not about generally knowing who friends are, this is about inserting yourself every single time kids want to get together. I've met all my kid's close friends and their parents. It does not mean every single time larla wants to meet up with larlita I need to call larlita's mom and coordinate. We are talking about 11 year olds, not 4 year olds.

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Strange reasoning. Moms of 4 year olds have to plan, organize, supervise the play date. Moms of 11 year olds just have to consent with one another. And they have to each consent anyway? 
But also… helicopter parenting is a relatively recent phenomena, as are cell phones for kids. And at least the anxious generation guy argues they exacerbate the problem of helicoptering because kids are always checking in! “Mom I’m at larla’s, but now we are going to Carla’s. Mom can I eat here?… etc” whereas before at that age you just had to use your judgment

My 11 year old, almost 12, doesn’t have a phone and neither do her close friends. Parents basically banned together to make this happen.

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