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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A 14 year old who can’t text is limited in their social life.  Because almost all the other 14 year olds communicate and plan activities independently via text.

You can make that decision as a parent that it is more important to delay the phone than to allow your 8th grader to participate in the social life with her age/classmates.

But don’t lie to yourself that you aren’t making that choice. [/quote]

+1. I think you should acknowledge to your daughter that you are limiting her friendships in favor of other (maybe better things). She will still think it is unfair, but, at least you have acknowledged to her that you know it is limiting her social life.

OP, do you have friends without phones? Do you meet up with them regularly, do you communicate with them regularly? I am genx, I assume you are as well (or younger). I have lots of boomer friends due to a hobby I am involved in. We all communicate via text, a lot! I have one friend that doesn't text. It is a PIA, and it is easier to just not invite her when we are planning group things. Or she is the last person to know, and nobody has planned around her schedule.

I would get your kid a phone to match when her older sister got one. This makes sense as a "family rule."[/quote]

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