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At what age would the following things be appropriate?

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A3CM
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At what age would the following things be appropriate?

My kids are 6 & 4. But from listening to the older kids parents a call,phone in 4th/5th grade and they are smart phones. Social media sites around the same age.

Posted 9/11/13 9:01 PM
 

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Re: At what age would the following things be appropriate?

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count me in the strict category. Chat Icon

Granted my son is only 5, but I do not plan on him having a cell phone until he's 14 and can pay for it himself.

Facebook, twitter.... nope. not happening. Not even at 14. Nothing good comes of FB (and yes I have it), especially at 14 or 15. IMO.



I used to say this but then learned that a lot of 6th graders are either home alone or walking home alone and parents feel safer with their child having a basic cell phone. It's true you never know until you are there.....



thats why i said "granted my son is only 5"... Chat Icon

side note: really 6th graders home alone? isn't that a big young?



I used to come home by myself in 6th grade. Both my parents worked. I remember a few kids that did. They used the term "latch key kids" for it at the time. (This was in the 80s.)

Posted 9/11/13 10:52 PM
 
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