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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just because your kids weren't raised to the point that you can trust them has no bearing on me and mine. I gave my 1st grader a 5c iPhone so he has something for emergencies. It has been perfectly fine.[/quote]

My youngest had an iPhone 4 in second grade.  It was handed down to him when an older sibling upgraded to a newer iphone.  He had that phone for three years - never lost it or broke it.  When he was in fourth grade we switched to Republic and bought him a new phone.  He is in sixth grade and still has that phone.  Perfect condition, never lost.

[b]His teachers even  allow the kids to use their smart phones in the classroom for research.  Times have changed.  Most kids have Smartphones.[/b]  You certainly shouldn't cave and buy your child one if it goes against your values.  But I'm not changing the way I parent my kids simply because you don't think kids should have cell phones.[/quote]

what school is this?  My DC is in a gifted program, and no one uses a smart phone for research.  They do go to a computer lab for research, and at home, DC uses the laptop that's parked in the living room where I can see what DC is doing at all times.  And no, most ES kids do not have smartphones, except for maybe the ones in the extremely wealthy areas, which is a bubble with little view to the "outside" world, or how the rest of the 99% of people live, clearly.[/quote]

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