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[quote=Anonymous]Bravo for OP, 21:57, and the few others above who recognize the risks of providing too much unrestricted access to technology to young kids.  My oldest -- a college freshman -- didn't get his first cell phone (flip style) until 8th didn't get his first grade, and at that point he was one of the last in the class to get a phone.  Three years later, my youngest has had a hand me down phone since early middle school, but just got his first smart phone as a sophomore -- again years after most kids.  The parental controls, if any, on most smart phones are not very good and easy to circumvent.  Of course, that is also true of some  other internet access portable devices.  The  problem with a smart phone is that you are handing a young child unlimited access to the internet any time anywhere.  Even with mobile flip phones, texting allows constant communication.  When I was growing up, if I was on our land line phone too long with my friends, my parents told me to get off.  There was no unlimited  ongoing communication. [/quote]

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