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re: What age should a child be handed a cell phone?
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:11 am to CatsGoneWild
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:11 am to CatsGoneWild
I got a son one for Christmas. Hes 10.
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Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:11 am to CatsGoneWild
My 6 month old is cutting teeth already, and thinks my iPhone is a teething toy.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:12 am to northshorebamaman
If my kids hate my rules, then I'm doing a good job of parenting. Parents arent suppose to be buddies with their kids, we are supposed to make rules
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:15 am to RedlandsTiger
The basic truth is that technology is a language. If you prevent a child from learning this language at an earlier age, you will cripple them later. (See old people learning to use computers). Im not saying turn a 5 year old loose with an iphone but my kids will learn responsible use at an early age.
The benefits for the parents are real also. You can use the phones to track the kids every movement. That is something i want for my children to know I can do.
The benefits for the parents are real also. You can use the phones to track the kids every movement. That is something i want for my children to know I can do.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:17 am to CatsGoneWild
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If my kids hate my rules, then I'm doing a good job of parenting. Parents arent suppose to be buddies with their kids, we are supposed to make rules
This and this. My wife grew up in a house with basically no rules and a situation where the parents wanted to be buddies. She's 32 now and still has trouble handling herself when she's told something she doesn't want to hear.
Yeah I know, I married her. frick me, right?
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:21 am to Jibbajabba
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The basic truth is that technology is a language. If you prevent a child from learning this language at an earlier age, you will cripple them later.
A kid can be exposed to technology without giving them a device that turns them into zombies.
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You can use the phones to track the kids every moveme
That's just creepy. It basically prevents any trust from forming between you and your kid.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:24 am to pioneerbasketball
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What did they do before cellphones?
That's a stupid argument.
What did people do before cars?
What did people do before modern medicine?
What did people do before the radio?
What did people do before the computer?
My child doesn't need a cell phone if he/she is always under my wing, but when the child starts getting old enough to stay away from home, he/she needs a cell phone.
You could ague whether or not they need the latest iPhone, but they need some way to easily contact you and you need some way to easily contact them.
This post was edited on 2/20/17 at 8:25 am
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:28 am to Honky Lips
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and for all the excuses like "after school activities," its BS. kids want phones to text, snapchat and whatever else. parents just cant say 'no' to their kids anymore
Seems to me that the parents' motivation to get their child a phone may be to have contact for after school activities. People can have different motivations to achieve the same goal.
When I started high school, there was a bank of payphones in the school that we could use if necessary after practice. They took those out during my sophomore year, that's when I got my first cell phone. Just to say there are different situations for everyone. Sure, if all your kids' friends have phones you'd think they should be able to find one to use, but that may not be the case.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:37 am to Wayne Campbell
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Seems to me that the parents' motivation to get their child a phone may be to have contact for after school activities. People can have different motivations to achieve the same goal.
And who says the parent is giving the child a smartphone? Maybe they are just giving the child a basic flip phone(they still sell them) that they load up minutes on.
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When I started high school, there was a bank of payphones in the school that we could use if necessary after practice.
That is a very valid point. Growing up as a kid when there were no cellphones....there were payphones everywhere. When I was of the age of going to the mall/movies with just my friends(11-12, our parents would drop us off and pick us up at a specific time) my parents made sure I always had extra change on me to be able to use the payphone to call them.
This post was edited on 2/20/17 at 8:38 am
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:38 am to goldennugget
For safety issues it is a good thing to have.
Most of them in 6th grade had one.
If he has an ipad he basically has a cellphone before that
Most of them in 6th grade had one.
If he has an ipad he basically has a cellphone before that
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:41 am to lsunurse
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And who says the parent is giving the child a smartphone? Maybe they are just giving the child a basic flip phone(they still sell them) that they load up minutes on.
That's the downside I suppose. When I got my first phone, smart phones didn't exist. For that matter, flip phones hadn't been invented yet. I got a Sony Ericsson with the old style green/black display. It was better than my mom's at the time as she had one of those classic Nokias that everyone thinks about when they think cell phone.
Now you have so much more variety that I could buy my kids a fancy new phone or just get them something that has the ability to make calls. I think that's where the valid debate should be.
Kids today for better or worse, grow up with iphones, tablets, smartphones, etc. I'm not sure they'd know how to operate a phone without a touchscreen.
This post was edited on 2/20/17 at 8:42 am
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:42 am to The Boat
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Whenever you're ready for her to send nudes to boys.
Exactly.
I don't get what all this "my kids are responsible with their phones" talk is about.
You really don't know if your kids are being responsible or not with the phone. Your sons are probably looking at pornhub 2-3 hours a day and your daughter is probably taking selfies and sending them to dudes in her class. If they have phones, it's going to happen and you're not going to know about it. My friend's brother is 16 and he said his phone is loaded up with videos that girls in his grade sent him. He said that's pretty standard beginning in middle school.
This is another reason I don't want a child.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:49 am to Honky Lips
Having and not having a cell phone is not the line between raising your children correctly or not.
Nor is hatred the line between parent and friend.
If you can't trust your child to follow your instructions on cell phone usage until they are 16 then maybe you're not raising your child right.
Ultimately all children are different. There isn't some magical age that is right. There are lots of different factors.
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quote: 16 is too late. Your kids will hate you so much some people are more concerned with raising their kids correctly than being their friend.
Nor is hatred the line between parent and friend.
If you can't trust your child to follow your instructions on cell phone usage until they are 16 then maybe you're not raising your child right.
Ultimately all children are different. There isn't some magical age that is right. There are lots of different factors.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:55 am to nicholastiger
You really have to lay down the rules, they all started on instagram but now they are all on snapchat.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:56 am to Pecker
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You really don't know if your kids are being responsible or not with the phone. Your sons are probably looking at pornhub 2-3 hours a day
This is just a stupid arse response. You do realize they could do this on a computer or I pad if they wanted to don't you? And they have these parental control thingys that allow you to block certain content and/or monitor their activities.
We limit my 14 year old to only using it for a small amount of time while at home and def. never during meal time or when we are out to eat.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 9:00 am to notiger1997
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This is just a stupid arse response. You do realize they could do this on a computer or I pad if they wanted to don't you? And they have these parental control thingys that allow you to block certain content and/or monitor their activities.
We limit my 14 year old to only using it for a small amount of time while at home and def. never during meal time or when we are out to eat.
Where did I say they couldn't do this on an ipad or computer?
Does your child have a working camera on the phone?
Posted on 2/20/17 at 9:08 am to Pecker
So spot on.
Phones have changed everything.
Kids are watching porn on the bus and at recess now.
My kids don't have them yet, but the above resulted in "the talk" and "the talk with details" earlier than I would have liked.
When I was 12, you'd have to be a sleuth to watch an arse get "blown up like a grendade in a hot pocket".
Phones have changed everything.
Kids are watching porn on the bus and at recess now.
My kids don't have them yet, but the above resulted in "the talk" and "the talk with details" earlier than I would have liked.
When I was 12, you'd have to be a sleuth to watch an arse get "blown up like a grendade in a hot pocket".
Posted on 2/20/17 at 9:11 am to CatsGoneWild
My son is 10, he and most of his running buddies have IPhones.
I like to be able and contact him when I need to, plus they are into making youtube videos.
I like to be able and contact him when I need to, plus they are into making youtube videos.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 9:16 am to CatsGoneWild
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I keep seeing kids younger and younger with phones. My wife and I agreed that our kids won't have their first phone until they are 16 and have their own job to pay for it.
My daughter had one at 8. Almost all of her friends had one by 10. You can stick to your guns (I get the idea) but my daughter's friends who didn't have one by 11-12 were literally and figuratively disconnected from the groups of about 10 girls.
This post was edited on 2/20/17 at 9:20 am
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:47 pm to Slip Screen
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My daughter had one at 8. Almost all of her friends had one by 10. You can stick to your guns (I get the idea) but my daughter's friends who didn't have one by 11-12 were literally and figuratively disconnected from the groups of about 10 girls.
But were they sexting their want-to-be boyfriends by 14?
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