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re: What age should you get a phone?
Posted on 6/30/18 at 11:37 pm to SmackDaniels
Posted on 6/30/18 at 11:37 pm to SmackDaniels
I don't know why people would intentionally not get their kids a phone.
Being able to keep in touch with them and know their whereabouts is important.
Just teach them there's other things in life beyond playing on a cell phone.
Being able to keep in touch with them and know their whereabouts is important.
Just teach them there's other things in life beyond playing on a cell phone.
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Posted on 6/30/18 at 11:45 pm to BurningHeart
quote:Agreed in fact let's just cut to the chase and make in utero tracking device implantation mandatory
I don't know why people would intentionally not get their kids a phone.
Being able to keep in touch with them and know their whereabouts is important.
Posted on 6/30/18 at 11:47 pm to SmackDaniels
When they get their first job and old enough to pay for it
Posted on 6/30/18 at 11:53 pm to genro
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Agreed in fact let's just cut to the chase and make in utero tracking device implantation mandatory
Nah just use the wife's cell phone.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 2:53 am to SmackDaniels
12 seems about right.
Also depends upon if it has service and stuff.
Also depends upon if it has service and stuff.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 6:01 am to SmackDaniels
When my stepdaughter was going to high school, she started with the "I need a phone" crap in her sophomore year. It was nothing short of peer pressure and not wanting to look like the odd man out.
When asked why she thought she needed one, she would answer, "Well, all my friends have one, so why can't I just in case I need to get in touch with ya'll?" To which the wife and I would say, if all your friends have one, then simply borrow theirs if you need to call us since they are so plentiful in your circle of friends.
She got one when she started to drive and would sometimes be on the road alone heading to and from friends houses or school.
When asked why she thought she needed one, she would answer, "Well, all my friends have one, so why can't I just in case I need to get in touch with ya'll?" To which the wife and I would say, if all your friends have one, then simply borrow theirs if you need to call us since they are so plentiful in your circle of friends.
She got one when she started to drive and would sometimes be on the road alone heading to and from friends houses or school.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 8:21 am to SmackDaniels
My 6 year old wants one because some kids at summer camp have one. Almost weekly a kid loses an iPhone there. Because no kid under 10 needs a phone. I’d say when they start leaving the house more often and you need a way to get in touch with them. 12-14 seems reasonable with rules and parental controls on it.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 8:30 am to SmackDaniels
Got my son one when his school schedule started having extra curricular stuff that varied from being picked up at the same time everyday. Was somewhere in middle school.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 8:33 am to BurningHeart
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I don't know why people would intentionally not get their kids a phone. Being able to keep in touch with them and know their whereabouts is important. Just teach them there's other things in life beyond playing on a cell phone.
First of all, do you even have kids? Because it's been my experience most kids will lose, damage or destroy them long before the phone would break on its own.
Knowing where they are is a good thing, but when I grew up, there were no such devices to keep in 24/7 contact and us kids survived. And do you think they would tell you where they really are if they didn't want you to know??? Naïve at best.
And as far as teaching them there is more to life than playing on the cellphone-------have you not seen kids with cellphones with their heads buried in them from morning till night???? It has become the norm from my observations.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 8:34 am to SmackDaniels
When they’re responsible/mature enough to be home alone. I would not trust our 10 year old with a phone. She has an iPad, but messaging & FaceTime are disabled. I know other 10 year olds who have them and they’re responsible. Just depends on the kid.
Ours is still pretty naive, and tends to believe everything she sees on YouTube. Her friends don’t have phones, for the most part, so she hasn’t asked. I imagine she’ll get one around middle school, when she starts being home after school & having activities/her own life.
Ours is still pretty naive, and tends to believe everything she sees on YouTube. Her friends don’t have phones, for the most part, so she hasn’t asked. I imagine she’ll get one around middle school, when she starts being home after school & having activities/her own life.
This post was edited on 7/1/18 at 8:36 am
Posted on 7/1/18 at 8:34 am to SmackDaniels
Depends on maturity?
I know kids who have them in 3rd grade and handle them well.
I know kids who have them in 3rd grade and handle them well.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 9:44 am to gumbo2176
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First of all, do you even have kids? Because it's been my experience most kids will lose, damage or destroy them long before the phone would break on its own.
Knowing where they are is a good thing, but when I grew up, there were no such devices to keep in 24/7 contact and us kids survived. And do you think they would tell you where they really are if they didn't want you to know??? Naïve at best.
And as far as teaching them there is more to life than playing on the cellphone-------have you not seen kids with cellphones with their heads buried in them from morning till night???? It has become the norm from my observations.
Ah gumbo, where do I start...
Just because YOU survived doesn't mean ALL kids survived. How many times back in the day would a kid have benefitted from being able to contact his or her parents.
And as for breaking phones, I'm not saying get a phone for a toddler. LOL
Posted on 7/1/18 at 9:49 am to SmackDaniels
When you can pay for it.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 9:53 am to gumbo2176
quote:
When my stepdaughter was going to high school, she started with the "I need a phone" crap in her sophomore year. It was nothing short of peer pressure and not wanting to look like the odd man out.
When asked why she thought she needed one, she would answer, "Well, all my friends have one, so why can't I just in case I need to get in touch with ya'll?" To which the wife and I would say, if all your friends have one, then simply borrow theirs if you need to call us since they are so plentiful in your circle of friends.
She got one when she started to drive and would sometimes be on the road alone heading to and from friends houses or school.
How to raise someone who resents the shite out of you 101
Posted on 7/1/18 at 10:50 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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How to raise someone who resents the shite out of you 101
Now you're assuming and talking out your arse. She is now 28 and there are no issues between us. Matter of fact, she's here for a visit through the 5th before heading out.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 10:54 am to gumbo2176
quote:
Now you're assuming and talking out your arse. She is now 28 and there are no issues between us. Matter of fact, she's here for a visit through the 5th before heading out.
Oh so it was 14 years ago when things weren't anything at all like they are now? Got it.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 10:59 am to SmackDaniels
When they can pay for it
Posted on 7/1/18 at 11:01 am to BurningHeart
quote:
Just because YOU survived doesn't mean ALL kids survived. How many times back in the day would a kid have benefitted from being able to contact his or her parents.
And your assumption would be what, if the kid had a phone they wouldn't be harmed if someone wanted to do so.
It's not like anyone wanting to harm a kid will give them the opportunity to phone home to let the parents know shite is going down.
Oh, and I wasn't referring to toddlers. Only a total idiot would give a toddler a phone.
Kids break and lose shite all the time. Why would a cellphone be any different than losing a coat, book bag, toys, etc. or breaking stuff they have?
Posted on 7/1/18 at 11:03 am to SmackDaniels
The answer is 13 and you make it a gift on their birthday of becoming a teenager. You use this as an opportunity to sit them down and discuss that becoming a teenager comes with benefits and responsibilities. Things like being allowed to go places alone but also chores around he home and doing well in school. If they frick up, you take the phone (and privileges like going to the movies alone) away until they shape up.
The phone is a great gateway to turning them into responsible little adults. Just dropping it on them randomly misses that chance and also causes them to not really appreciate the phone as the expensive tool that it is.
The phone is a great gateway to turning them into responsible little adults. Just dropping it on them randomly misses that chance and also causes them to not really appreciate the phone as the expensive tool that it is.
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