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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get her one.  All the kids I know had a smartphone by 5th grade.[/quote]

This is total BS and even if so, a horrible way of parenting.  Daughter says, "But mom everyone has one."  Mom says "They do?  I am so sorry.  I didn't know that.  Let's run out right now and get one!!"

Is this how DC Metro parenting works?  [/quote]

No but you also have to be aware on ow kids interact and try to balance that with "we don't do whatver else is doing" MS is tough and if there are some things that make it easieer for a kid to feel more confident, what is so bad.

And no, I don't believe in tattoos or belly rings. A phone is a communciation tool, no different than a computer.[/quote]

5th grade is not a teen and [b]buying an expensive phone and service to make MS easier for your child is spoiling and coddling.[/b]  And I also don't allow my child to have a computer, especially in her room.  We have one in the living area for the whole family to use.  Just like a phone.  [/quote]

So did you buy your son or daughter fancy sneakers?
Buy your daughter UGGS?

Which name brand clothing is your child asking for that you gave in to?

North Face for a Jacket?

It is not spoiling and coddling to try to help a child ease into a situation that can be fairly tough at times. All parents want their kids to be happy so they can thrive at school. If you want to take the hard line and not care if your kids have a hard time in MS. Some of us have kids who just need a more helpful approach and if a simple thing like a phone can do that, why not?

We all have computers because each of us needs to do work at the same time. One computer doesn't cut it. we have 2 HS students, a MS student and both DH and I work.[/quote]

[b]If you think purchasing your kids expensive electronics and clothes to get her thru the tough years will help, YOU are the one encouraging that shallow behavior.[/b]  [/quote]

AMEN to that.

We were dirt poor growing up -- 6 kids and one with (gasp!) down syndrome.  We were really truly broke, but my father worked hard, my mother stayed home, and there was a ton of love, affection, attention, focus on academics and giving/taking care of each other.  I never had anything fashionable or brand-named....well, actually, there was this one time in 7th grade that I helped a friend and her dad muck out a pond in their back yard, and afterwards he bought me a swatch watch.  That was literally the only time in my young life that I had a name-brand/fancy thing.  When I was a junior in high school I started working my ass off, and was able to buy myself a few things -- but you know what, by that time I had learned the lesson that it wasn't always worth it to spend money on expensive things.

Anyway.....life lessons can really be invaluable.  Kids IMO are better off without gadgets and expensive techy things.  When they are able to earn the money to buy it themselves, they will either really appreciate it and take excellent care of it; or they will realize it's just not worth it.[/quote]

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