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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I said no repeatedly and kept my word. You can't be afraid of disappointing or upsetting your children. You're the adult, they're the child. You're in charge, not them.[/quote]

+1. We have four kids and the oldest didn't complain much so the others just accepted it. We waited until the end of 8th.

They did have access to an iPad or other device for communication at home. Really was no issue socially. Other than that... did they ever need to call us? Very, very occasionally something like a soccer practice ending early or needing to get picked up from somewhere... they borrowed a phone from a coach or, sure, sometimes a friend. But there was never any sort of emergency situation that made me wish the kid had a phone. Even those occasions when they did borrow a phone, they always had standard options of waiting for the pre-arranged pickup time like we would have done as kids.

I am very glad we waited, especially because my daughter didn't have to deal with some horrible social media stuff/bullying that her friend group went through. THAT SAID, waiting did not keep my kids from becoming any less addicted or glued to their phones as everyone else once they had them.[/quote]

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