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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes - it was a 5th grade graduation present for our oldest before starting MS.  It has proven invaluable when staying after school, attending practice, hanging out with friends or going to a party when pick-up times can vary. Nearly all her friends got one at the same time and[b] the few that didn't relied on using friends' phone for communicating with their parents.[/b][/quote]

I have seen this several times. 
My kids have had several friends who are phoneless in 6th grade and they just constantly asks to borrow other kids' phones. 
It's fine but u[b]ltimately the parents are just mooching off of other parents[/b].  [/quote]

:roll:

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well you really are.  You're sending your kid out in the world without anyway to communicate with you and relying on them to use other kids' phones on a regular basis. 
How is that not mooching?
I'm waiting for the explanation.

(ultimately I don't care or lose sleep over this but so many of the higher-than-though "my 6th grader doesn't have or need a phone" people's kids are just a PITA to other kids in this regard).[/quote]

Does it cost you anything? Require any effort or time of you? What exactly are they “mooching”

Sure they can go to the office/front desk public area to call mom, but if your kid is right there with them they will always offer bc your kid doesn’t want to stand around alone why they wait for their friend to make a call[/quote]

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