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re: Kids and cellphones
Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:42 am to Caplewood
Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:42 am to Caplewood
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He can still delete things without you knowing FYI
If im still a prosecutor when my kids are old enough to have phone, im going to let them know that once a month im going to bring their phones to our computer forensics guys to see exactly what's been on their phones, deleted or not
really im probably just gonna take them for a day or two and TELL them im doing that, but either way it should scare the shite out of them
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Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:56 am to ChandlerB03
i didn't have a cellphone until i was a sophmore in college.
i have no idea how i was able to find places back then from verbal directions.
i have no idea how i was able to find places back then from verbal directions.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 11:05 am to PhilipMarlowe
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i have no idea how i was able to find places back then from verbal directions.
looked it up on mapquest and memorized it or printed it
Posted on 6/29/16 at 11:10 am to Pectus
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I got my first cell phone when I was 18.
Same here, it looked like this. This was all I had through my college years
Posted on 6/29/16 at 11:11 am to ChandlerB03
quote:Sounds like you could get him a phone to only use at home? Would be no different than him playing video games or on the computer, plus you can get rid of the house phone.
With him and the younger brother running back and forth between houses I think a cellphone would serve him better. How many of you guys have kids with cellphones? Obviously I know I'll have to set the ground rules so we won't eat up data. How do y'all control the usage of them?
I don't see why not.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 11:16 am to ChandlerB03
I have no kids, but my parents made us all (four kids) wait till we were 13 to get phones. Didn't get texting till high school. Didn't get the iPhone till after I graduated high school. Kids younger than teenager shouldn't have phones period. Let them be kids and show you they're responsible enough to have a phone.
Like people have said already, it's your phone that you allow her/him to use. It's a privilege, not a right.
Like people have said already, it's your phone that you allow her/him to use. It's a privilege, not a right.
This post was edited on 6/29/16 at 11:27 am
Posted on 6/29/16 at 11:18 am to tigerbutt
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Sadly my 3 1/2 year old has her own iphone. Wife's old 5S.
Obviously men are watching videos of her thru wifi
Posted on 6/29/16 at 11:22 am to LNCHBOX
Yeah, that was wrong. What I meant was, when I was his age I let my parents know where I was and if/when I needed to be picked up. When I played sports, they knew when practice ended and they picked me up. That hasn't changed. He does things and gets picked up and makes it around just fine without a cell. If he's not where he is supposed to be then he is disciplined. Why let a 12 year old have so many options to where he needs a cell go stay in touch with his parents?
Posted on 6/29/16 at 12:12 pm to ChandlerB03
My older son turned 10 last weekend and we took 5 of his friends to the movies. All had phones and it was all they looked at before the show started. We went get pizza and ice cream after and had to ask the boys to put them away, they were all excitedly sharing screens for games and what not....it was crazy. What was even more shocking was that we found out none of them own a bike....blew me away.
We are holding out, kiddo doesn't have a phone. Don't see the need at this point in his life.
Side bar, we have phone at home that is for emergencies. We pay $8.99/month for the basic service. Only calls we get ate telemarketers....thank goodness we've not had to use it.
We are holding out, kiddo doesn't have a phone. Don't see the need at this point in his life.
Side bar, we have phone at home that is for emergencies. We pay $8.99/month for the basic service. Only calls we get ate telemarketers....thank goodness we've not had to use it.
This post was edited on 6/29/16 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 6/29/16 at 12:40 pm to Ash Williams
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looked it up on mapquest and memorized it or printed it
literally did this.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 12:56 pm to ChandlerB03
11-12 is an appropriate age I would think. They go to the movies and the mall with friends, so might as well have a phone to call for a ride.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 1:02 pm to notiger1997
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Meh. Your world may be shitty but mine is not
Ok grasshopper
Posted on 6/29/16 at 1:12 pm to lsusteve1
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Ok grasshopper
Quit watching the scary news and reading the chicken littles on social media all day.
I'm serious, life is good. Make the best of it and quit worrying.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 3:37 pm to notiger1997
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Quit watching the scary news and reading the chicken littles on social media all day.
I'm serious, life is good. Make the best of it and quit worrying
I have way more experience dealing with kids & dangers of cell phones than you do.
But to each his own. By all means let em have access at 2nd Grade and take your chances.
Preferably, they can enjoy life more NOT being buried in a phone 24/7.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 3:52 pm to ChandlerB03
For me once a child starts attending activities that a parent doesn't stay the whole time a phone becomes pretty necasery. For instance at age nine we have encountered multiple times where dance class ends early or runs late. Tennis practice is suspended midway due to rain, and etc. At 5-7, we'd stay at such events the whole time.
Also if your going to leave a child alone somewhere for an amount of time. Same goes for a child who goes to friends houses alone as well.
In our community almost every 9 year old has one. There are a few parents who are opposed, but more often than not those children use their parents phones or iPads at night anyways.
Also if your going to leave a child alone somewhere for an amount of time. Same goes for a child who goes to friends houses alone as well.
In our community almost every 9 year old has one. There are a few parents who are opposed, but more often than not those children use their parents phones or iPads at night anyways.
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