Anonymous wrote:What on earth are fifth graders doing on a group chat? This sounds like some kind of psychological experiment.

lol my first laugh of the day, thanks

i have a saying: nothing good ever happens with a group chat. all kids, even the nice ones, come off as jerks. parents are reading this. kids don't have the maturity for this. don't learn the hard way.

IME, class group chats in 5th/6th grade are usually a dumpster fire because the kids are too young to make good decisions + novelty of having a phone / watch.
I just told my kids to mute notifications and to chime in judiciously.

What on earth are fifth graders doing on a group chat? This sounds like some kind of psychological experiment.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5th graders shouldn't have phones.

In 5th grade these are often on iPads, not phones.

ipads are not better