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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just surveyed my 6th grader - 90% of girls and 50% of boys have phones. Small private so she actually knows.  My kid does.  It’s really inappropriate to blame other parents for what you do or don’t allow.  Grow a pair.[/quote]

We're at a small private and the proportions are nowhere near that. Some of my 8th grader's peers are still using Apple Watch and iMessages on a tablet.[/quote]

I think when kids are in a K-8 it's much easier to not have a phone. If they are in public and in a middle school where they have a lot of independence it's odd not to have a phone. My kid has practices that run until almost 10pm in 6th grade. No way I'd have him there without some sort of communication device. If you are the parent that says oh he can use a friend's phone or the parent who asks other parents where their kid is because we can track them and you can't but you want to: it's time to get them a device. [/quote]

PP here. My kids are at a K-12. They are involved in both school and club athletics. My 8th grader does have a phone, because of the athletics. Not sure about her peers who don't.

But I don't feel any pressure to get the lower school kids devices, and your irritation that I might ask you about them will not change that. Not one bit.[/quote]

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