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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Please, if you have not gotten your child a phone DO NOT call or text my kid to give your kid a message.    My child does not have a phone so you can let your child know that you’re going to be late for school pick up.  If you need to be in contact with your own child call the school your self to give them a message OR get them a phone.[/quote]

And if you do insist on calling my kid, please get off your high horse about your kid not needing a phone.[/quote]

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My kid has a phone. This is not a big deal. Is it selfish or petty?[/quote]

Agree, I can't imagine having a problem with helping another kid get a message to/from a parent in an emergency.  My child has a gizmo, not a phone, but in a sports emergency (early cancellation due to lightning), he called and let me know which parents needed to be reached and I directly called them.  It's just helping out other moms and I can't fathom why it would be a hardship, just like you lend someone a quarter.[/quote]

No one complains about the emergencies.  The complaint is about regular use or putting someone out (you have to find the kid, relay messages when not together) when there is no emergency.[/quote]

This. If phones genuinely were only used in urgent situations, I don’t think anyone would complain about them. That would be like having really ubiquitous phone booths and everyone having a quarter.[/quote]

Conversely, I think the high numbers of kids with phones have made the directors of some extracurriculars lazy.  Case in point:  my daughter's ballet teachers would occasionally cancel class, leave class early, etc. and never give ONE THOUGHT as to how the kids would get that information to their parents.  "Why, everyone has cell phones now!" was the expectation.  One particularly clueless one would go so far as to LEAVE herself, leaving the kids there, not imaginging for one second, "Aw, gee, the kids need to get in touch with their parents."  One poor girl did have a cell phone only b/c she had allergies, so every girl would have to use it to call their parents. But I put the blame squarely on the obtuse teachers, who have become so accustomed to every last kid on the block having their own phone.

This has happened to my sister and her kids too, so it is not just this DC metro area.  This was down in SC.  The middle schoolers got back the school early from a field trip and the teacher told all the kids to text their parents and let them know to come pick them up early.

Lastly, I really think this has raised expectations for PARENTS too.  In the good ol' 80s/90s, if we got back from a field trip early, you know what we did? Wait there until our parents came.  Now, every second I get a text or an emails, I am expected to drop everything annd BE THERE mmediately.  Tone down the expectations, modern society.  It won't kill a kid to wait 15-20 minutes to be picked up.  [/quote]

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