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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I plan on getting my kid a dumb phone once they can drive.

No need beforehand. Being a social outcast builds characrter.[/quote]

I'm a long way away from this, but we've signed a pledge not to give our kindergartener a phone or social media access the entire time she's at her Catholic K-8.

When we get to high school the most I would do would be a dumbphone or whatever equivalent to a LightPhone exists at that time. Apparently it includes a camera, driving directions, texting, and voice, which is all that my kids need. Full-functionality smartphones are a huge distraction and will only drag down my child's grades. [/quote]

That’s nice, but you have a kindergartener at a private school. This is the FCPS forum.  My kids are 15 and 18 and in FCPS.  I’ll ignore most of your post since you don’t know yet, but my kids played sports for school and outside of school and needed certain apps that needed to be accessed on a cell for the coach and team.  If your kid does that at a certain age, they will need a smartphone.  Mine needed them for sports at school and outside of school.  The team sports requiring apps started in middle school.  [/quote]

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