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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm going to say something that people might not like.

My one kid that didn't have a ton of friends and wasn't very social didn't fight it very hard.

My other kid who is very social and tends to be a bit more concerned with social status fought it HARD.  It was awful.  And yes, it does hurt them socially if they are very social.  There's no tricks, it's just hard.[/quote]

I will attempt to be more specific.

Social kid got a watch.  He really resented not being able to face time.  (We did not just have an ipad at home which in my view is just a phone at home so [b]why bother just give them a phone.)[/b]  They all face time and no one speaks via just audio.  His watch would often wear out battery he was out and about so long with friends.  So at some point we would not be able to reach him or be able to see where he was.  At some point all of them were on snapchat and he wasn't.  He showed me.  They were in fact all on snapchat.[/quote]

The iPad is MINE at home.  They can use it.  Even if I set it up all for them, it still would never be theirs.  That's the difference.  A phone is very obviously not yours.  Also no one is bringing the iPad around all over the place like they are with a phone because it doesn't fit in a pocket.[/quote]

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