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RE: Beware of Online Predators
Sounds like you have everything thought out and planned, good job!
I don't believe children need personal cell phones until late middle school/high school. I see little kids who can barely talk on iphones- it's so unnecessary imho
Same here. We spoke to the kids' mom when she mentioned that Frank's daughter had asked her for an i-phone. The High School already requires them to have i-pads for research in certain classes, so that's already something extra. We all agreed that she can have a cell phone when she has a job and can pay for it herself. This might seem to her, maybe later on, as unfair, but when she actually does get it herself with her own money and is able to manage her first expenses, she will have such a sense of accomplishment and responsibility, she will be grateful that we never handed it to her. That kind of feeling is important in a person's development and self-esteem.
I absolutely agree 100%!