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re: What age are kids getting cell phones these days?
Posted on 5/9/14 at 8:51 pm to TheIndulger
Posted on 5/9/14 at 8:51 pm to TheIndulger
All these kids with iPhones these days...
Buncha spoiled kids all making over $150,000 a year.
Buncha spoiled kids all making over $150,000 a year.
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Posted on 5/9/14 at 8:56 pm to xXLSUXx
Posted on 5/10/14 at 1:05 am to Lakeboy7
quote:Nope. My child is 11. No smartphone until 13. And I'm spoiling my child. So frick off.
10 at the latest
This post was edited on 5/10/14 at 1:06 am
Posted on 5/10/14 at 1:06 am to Harry Caray
quote:I didn't have one until 23.
This is ridiculous. I didn't have a phone till I was 15 or 16.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 1:12 am to Asharad
My daughter's friend has an iPhone 4...she's 7...is pathetic.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 1:13 am to TheIndulger
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Posted on 5/10/14 at 1:28 am to TheIndulger
Ask Acreboy. 
Posted on 5/10/14 at 1:29 am to TheIndulger
My stepdaughter got one at 11.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 8:28 am to SabiDojo
quote:
I think it's because the parents become dependent on their smart phones and start to think you cant function without them, and that their kids need them
THIS !
Posted on 5/10/14 at 8:33 am to BayouBandit24
quote:
kindergartners with iphones
Dumbest thing I ever heard.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 8:36 am to TheIndulger
Made my kid wait til 14. Kids with cell phones is just so ridiculous.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 8:38 am to xXLSUXx
I overheard some kids at the playground one day...they couldn't have been over 9. So they are chasing each other and the one in front says to the one behind "you're slower than an old iPhone."
It amazed me the profundity of that exchange. We've come so far that kids are insulting each other based on the processing speeds of a veritable handheld supercomputer.
It amazed me the profundity of that exchange. We've come so far that kids are insulting each other based on the processing speeds of a veritable handheld supercomputer.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 8:42 am to TheIndulger
My daughter and son are 8 and 9 respectively. They both got one at Christmas. It has been great! Kids are so adaptive. When they go somewhere, baseball, sleepover, etc, it is mandatory they take them. They use them so much less than you think they will. They don't sit on em all day and try to play games.
Once I dropped my dumb old schoool mentality, I was able to realize how necessary they were. I have parentals in place and I can track the kids if need be, as long as the phone is with them.
Judge your own kids for responsibility so they won't lose them, but for me it has been great.
Btw...wife n I are with ATT. To add a line for eaxh, it was $1 for eaxh phone and $10/month extra.....no brainer
Once I dropped my dumb old schoool mentality, I was able to realize how necessary they were. I have parentals in place and I can track the kids if need be, as long as the phone is with them.
Judge your own kids for responsibility so they won't lose them, but for me it has been great.
Btw...wife n I are with ATT. To add a line for eaxh, it was $1 for eaxh phone and $10/month extra.....no brainer
Posted on 5/10/14 at 8:44 am to TheIndulger
My 7 year old told me he wanted one the other day. I LOLed and then cried.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 9:31 am to geauxjames
quote:
THIS
Come on, you can't like my quote but make it look like sabi dojo said it
Posted on 5/10/14 at 9:43 am to TheIndulger
Can anyone definitively state why a little kid 'needs' a cellphone?
I mean, most kids in the USA today are never out of visual range of some adult, whether that be a parent/relative, a teacher, or a coach of some sort.
Way back when, it was common for kids to (GASP!) spend time outside, out of visual/audio range of their parents, and for those kids to actually be ON THEIR OWN (the horror!) and play independtly without adult supervision.
IKR. Our parents must have hated us and wanted us to die at the hands of sexual predators or from head injuries by riding our bikes everywhere without helmets and without them watching our every move.
IMO, kids don't need any screens at all. Screen time for the growing brain, is like junk food for the growing body. OK in moderation, but bad in excess.
I think kids learn valuable problem solving skills and gain confidence by operating outside of their percieved safety umbrella of mama's watchful gaze.
What is a cellphone nowadays but a way for other people to keep track of us, an electronic dog leash of sorts? Or more accurately, an electronic nanny/mama?
<-- gave up 'smartphone' because it was a huge expense and waste of time - traded out for Nokia candy-bar trac-phone.
Much money saved, and much more time spent in the real world, where cool shite actually happens, and believe it or not, I actually do things and get shite done thus setting a decent example for my kids.
What value does the tiny screen really add to a kid's life?
Look up.
LINK
I mean, most kids in the USA today are never out of visual range of some adult, whether that be a parent/relative, a teacher, or a coach of some sort.
Way back when, it was common for kids to (GASP!) spend time outside, out of visual/audio range of their parents, and for those kids to actually be ON THEIR OWN (the horror!) and play independtly without adult supervision.
IKR. Our parents must have hated us and wanted us to die at the hands of sexual predators or from head injuries by riding our bikes everywhere without helmets and without them watching our every move.
IMO, kids don't need any screens at all. Screen time for the growing brain, is like junk food for the growing body. OK in moderation, but bad in excess.
I think kids learn valuable problem solving skills and gain confidence by operating outside of their percieved safety umbrella of mama's watchful gaze.
What is a cellphone nowadays but a way for other people to keep track of us, an electronic dog leash of sorts? Or more accurately, an electronic nanny/mama?
<-- gave up 'smartphone' because it was a huge expense and waste of time - traded out for Nokia candy-bar trac-phone.
Much money saved, and much more time spent in the real world, where cool shite actually happens, and believe it or not, I actually do things and get shite done thus setting a decent example for my kids.
What value does the tiny screen really add to a kid's life?
Look up.
LINK
This post was edited on 5/10/14 at 9:48 am
Posted on 5/10/14 at 10:55 am to TheIndulger
All my kids were given cell phones at 12 years old.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 10:59 am to TheIndulger
As soon as they can say mommy I think
Posted on 5/10/14 at 11:44 am to TheIndulger
Mine won't have them until age 14 or when they begin high school.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 12:02 pm to Paige
quote:
I'm trying to remember. My son was in 5th I think
It's a lot earlier than when my kids were at home. I think we let each of them have a cell during their junior year of HS back then. Shortly after that, their mother left all of us and I found them handy in keeping up with each kid while I worked. Was working some long hours at the time due to contracts. As soon as the contracts dropped off, I reverted to just my day job so I could spend time at home with them.
Times have definitely changed. Now, I am debating the need to even have a land line. There is a piece of hardware that can be connected to the cable modem to monitor the house alarm. Thing will pay for itself in about six months.
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