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PitterPatter11
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Re: Phone
Posted by NervousNell
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2nd grade. This was what was happening—- all of a sudden I was getting all these kids FaceTiming and texting me. My DD was giving out my phone number to all her friends that had phones. I said “ oh heck no!” And we got DD a phone. Then covid hit also so it keep her happy to see her friends , and play roblox.
We did all that on an Ipad when DD was younger and during Covid.
She used my DH's ipad for that.
My son uses a dinosaur iPhone for kids messenger. Only works on wifi. I can’t imagine getting him a phone.
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lima19
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My son once said...I'm the only kid in the entire school without a phone!! I knew it wasn't true, but he got one when he graduated middle school, end of 8th grade. I didn't see any need for it before then.
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Re: Phone
We did 5th grade graduation for each child. So there was a two year time frame where one child had a phone and the other did not.
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Re: Phone
Posted by lima19
My son once said...I'm the only kid in the entire school without a phone!! I knew it wasn't true, but he got one when he graduated middle school, end of 8th grade. I didn't see any need for it before then.
I honestly believe that he would be the only child without a phone in 8th grade for my district. The last kid we know to get a phone got it in 7th and he was the last by at least half a year.
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Re: Phone
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by MrsWoods
Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
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Re: Phone
Posted by LSP2005
Posted by lima19
My son once said...I'm the only kid in the entire school without a phone!! I knew it wasn't true, but he got one when he graduated middle school, end of 8th grade. I didn't see any need for it before then.
I honestly believe that he would be the only child without a phone in 8th grade for my district. The last kid we know to get a phone got it in 7th and he was the last by at least half a year.
Same, and now in 9th they are expected to have it to turn in their math homework. Although my son is in 11th grade math but still there are a handful of 9th graders in this class.
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Re: Phone
Posted by MrsWoods
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by MrsWoods
Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
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Re: Phone
Posted by lima19
My son once said...I'm the only kid in the entire school without a phone!! I knew it wasn't true, but he got one when he graduated middle school, end of 8th grade. I didn't see any need for it before then.
Unfortunately, it was probably true.
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NervousNell
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Re: Phone
Posted by lululu
Posted by MrsWoods
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by MrsWoods
Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
Yes, DH gave DD his old iPhone because he was getting the newer model.
I don't think it's so bad at middle school age but people are talking about Kindergarten age and second graders having phones.... and that to me is WAY too young to have a super expensive device IMO
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Re: Phone
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by lululu
Posted by MrsWoods
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by MrsWoods
Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
Yes, DH gave DD his old iPhone because he was getting the newer model.
I don't think it's so bad at middle school age but people are talking about Kindergarten age and second graders having phones.... and that to me is WAY too young to have a super expensive device IMO
Yes, this. I have every intention of getting my DD a phone before she gets to middle school. But right now, she just turned 7. She doesn’t go anywhere alone. She can’t call a friend and plan her own play date. I guess she could text or FaceTime (I let her do this sometimes on my phone with my friends’ kids) but that’s not really how I want her spending every evening or weekend at this age.
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NervousNell
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Re: Phone
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by lululu
Posted by MrsWoods
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by MrsWoods
Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
Yes, DH gave DD his old iPhone because he was getting the newer model.
I don't think it's so bad at middle school age but people are talking about Kindergarten age and second graders having phones.... and that to me is WAY too young to have a super expensive device IMO
Yes, this. I have every intention of getting my DD a phone before she gets to middle school. But right now, she just turned 7. She doesn’t go anywhere alone. She can’t call a friend and plan her own play date. I guess she could text or FaceTime (I let her do this sometimes on my phone with my friends’ kids) but that’s not really how I want her spending every evening or weekend at this age.
Yes! Trust me you do NOT want her spending every evening and weekend on the devices at this age. That will happen for sure when they hit the middle school age and get a phone. It's terrible
Hold that off as long as possible. Let her play with toys etc at this age. The hold these devices have on them once they get full access is horrible
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BTMOM
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We do 6th grade in our house. Our kids go to middle school in 6th grade. We need to be 2 miles from the school to get a bus and we are 1.8 so my kids are considered walkers. So that why they get them in 6th.
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lpg21
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Re: Phone
My nieces got theirs after they graduated elementary school (after 5th grade). My daughter is still too young (she'll be 8 this year) but she is already asking me for one. She uses her iPad and messenger kids for now.
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MrsA1012
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I plan on it when she is 12 or 13 with very limited and monitored access
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ave1024
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Re: Phone
Posted by KarenK122
We did end of 5th grade (middle school). That was for a full phone the she was able to carry around with her. When she was younger, she did have an Ipad that had Facetime on it to talk to her friends but that was only used in the house.
I am curious how did you set up Facetime on the ipad where the other kids can call the ipad directly? Did the ipad have it's own line of service (data only) and were they calling the phone number associated with it? Or did the ipad have it's own icloud account and they were calling the icloud? Or did the ipad share one of your icloud accounts and when the ipad rang your phone rang?
I have a second grader who is already asking for his own phone. So I am sure this is being "discussed" among his kids in class. No idea how many of them actually have one. He has an ipad already that he has an addiction to. I was thinking of giving him his own icloud account to keep it separate. Didn't think of the potential for facetime calls which a separate account can also benefit from.
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Re: Phone
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by lululu
Posted by MrsWoods
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by MrsWoods
Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
Yes, DH gave DD his old iPhone because he was getting the newer model.
I don't think it's so bad at middle school age but people are talking about Kindergarten age and second graders having phones.... and that to me is WAY too young to have a super expensive device IMO
Yes, this. I have every intention of getting my DD a phone before she gets to middle school. But right now, she just turned 7. She doesn’t go anywhere alone. She can’t call a friend and plan her own play date. I guess she could text or FaceTime (I let her do this sometimes on my phone with my friends’ kids) but that’s not really how I want her spending every evening or weekend at this age.
Yes! Trust me you do NOT want her spending every evening and weekend on the devices at this age. That will happen for sure when they hit the middle school age and get a phone. It's terrible
Hold that off as long as possible. Let her play with toys etc at this age. The hold these devices have on them once they get full access is horrible
Funny we are talking about this and I said that every kid probably DOES have a phone and then that story from the middle school came up last night and the woman said her 12 year old doesn't have a phone.
I am a little shocked that a 12 year old doesn't have a phone but then with that story something seems off anyway.
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NervousNell
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Re: Phone
Posted by windyweather21
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by lululu
Posted by MrsWoods
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by MrsWoods
Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
Yes, DH gave DD his old iPhone because he was getting the newer model.
I don't think it's so bad at middle school age but people are talking about Kindergarten age and second graders having phones.... and that to me is WAY too young to have a super expensive device IMO
Yes, this. I have every intention of getting my DD a phone before she gets to middle school. But right now, she just turned 7. She doesn’t go anywhere alone. She can’t call a friend and plan her own play date. I guess she could text or FaceTime (I let her do this sometimes on my phone with my friends’ kids) but that’s not really how I want her spending every evening or weekend at this age.
Yes! Trust me you do NOT want her spending every evening and weekend on the devices at this age. That will happen for sure when they hit the middle school age and get a phone. It's terrible
Hold that off as long as possible. Let her play with toys etc at this age. The hold these devices have on them once they get full access is horrible
Funny we are talking about this and I said that every kid probably DOES have a phone and then that story from the middle school came up last night and the woman said her 12 year old doesn't have a phone.
I am a little shocked that a 12 year old doesn't have a phone but then with that story something seems off anyway.
What story is that?
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ali120206
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Re: Phone
Posted by windyweather21
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by lululu
Posted by MrsWoods
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by MrsWoods
Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
Yes, DH gave DD his old iPhone because he was getting the newer model.
I don't think it's so bad at middle school age but people are talking about Kindergarten age and second graders having phones.... and that to me is WAY too young to have a super expensive device IMO
Yes, this. I have every intention of getting my DD a phone before she gets to middle school. But right now, she just turned 7. She doesn’t go anywhere alone. She can’t call a friend and plan her own play date. I guess she could text or FaceTime (I let her do this sometimes on my phone with my friends’ kids) but that’s not really how I want her spending every evening or weekend at this age.
Yes! Trust me you do NOT want her spending every evening and weekend on the devices at this age. That will happen for sure when they hit the middle school age and get a phone. It's terrible
Hold that off as long as possible. Let her play with toys etc at this age. The hold these devices have on them once they get full access is horrible
Funny we are talking about this and I said that every kid probably DOES have a phone and then that story from the middle school came up last night and the woman said her 12 year old doesn't have a phone.
I am a little shocked that a 12 year old doesn't have a phone but then with that story something seems off anyway.
There are a decent amount of 12 year olds that don't have phones - more do than don't but some don't.
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Re: Phone
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by windyweather21
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by lululu
Posted by MrsWoods
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by MrsWoods
Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
Yes, DH gave DD his old iPhone because he was getting the newer model.
I don't think it's so bad at middle school age but people are talking about Kindergarten age and second graders having phones.... and that to me is WAY too young to have a super expensive device IMO
Yes, this. I have every intention of getting my DD a phone before she gets to middle school. But right now, she just turned 7. She doesn’t go anywhere alone. She can’t call a friend and plan her own play date. I guess she could text or FaceTime (I let her do this sometimes on my phone with my friends’ kids) but that’s not really how I want her spending every evening or weekend at this age.
Yes! Trust me you do NOT want her spending every evening and weekend on the devices at this age. That will happen for sure when they hit the middle school age and get a phone. It's terrible
Hold that off as long as possible. Let her play with toys etc at this age. The hold these devices have on them once they get full access is horrible
Funny we are talking about this and I said that every kid probably DOES have a phone and then that story from the middle school came up last night and the woman said her 12 year old doesn't have a phone.
I am a little shocked that a 12 year old doesn't have a phone but then with that story something seems off anyway.
What story is that?
You missed all of that?
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NervousNell
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Re: Phone
Posted by windyweather21
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by windyweather21
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by lululu
Posted by MrsWoods
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by MrsWoods
Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
Yes, DH gave DD his old iPhone because he was getting the newer model.
I don't think it's so bad at middle school age but people are talking about Kindergarten age and second graders having phones.... and that to me is WAY too young to have a super expensive device IMO
Yes, this. I have every intention of getting my DD a phone before she gets to middle school. But right now, she just turned 7. She doesn’t go anywhere alone. She can’t call a friend and plan her own play date. I guess she could text or FaceTime (I let her do this sometimes on my phone with my friends’ kids) but that’s not really how I want her spending every evening or weekend at this age.
Yes! Trust me you do NOT want her spending every evening and weekend on the devices at this age. That will happen for sure when they hit the middle school age and get a phone. It's terrible
Hold that off as long as possible. Let her play with toys etc at this age. The hold these devices have on them once they get full access is horrible
Funny we are talking about this and I said that every kid probably DOES have a phone and then that story from the middle school came up last night and the woman said her 12 year old doesn't have a phone.
I am a little shocked that a 12 year old doesn't have a phone but then with that story something seems off anyway.
What story is that?
You missed all of that?
Apparently. I have no idea what you are talking about
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Re: Phone
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by windyweather21
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by windyweather21
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by lululu
Posted by MrsWoods
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by MrsWoods
Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
Yes, DH gave DD his old iPhone because he was getting the newer model.
I don't think it's so bad at middle school age but people are talking about Kindergarten age and second graders having phones.... and that to me is WAY too young to have a super expensive device IMO
Yes, this. I have every intention of getting my DD a phone before she gets to middle school. But right now, she just turned 7. She doesn’t go anywhere alone. She can’t call a friend and plan her own play date. I guess she could text or FaceTime (I let her do this sometimes on my phone with my friends’ kids) but that’s not really how I want her spending every evening or weekend at this age.
Yes! Trust me you do NOT want her spending every evening and weekend on the devices at this age. That will happen for sure when they hit the middle school age and get a phone. It's terrible
Hold that off as long as possible. Let her play with toys etc at this age. The hold these devices have on them once they get full access is horrible
Funny we are talking about this and I said that every kid probably DOES have a phone and then that story from the middle school came up last night and the woman said her 12 year old doesn't have a phone.
I am a little shocked that a 12 year old doesn't have a phone but then with that story something seems off anyway.
What story is that?
You missed all of that?
Apparently. I have no idea what you are talking about
I just messaged you. Check your emails as it seems parents got an email yesterday about it.
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NervousNell
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Re: Phone
Posted by windyweather21
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by windyweather21
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by windyweather21
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by lululu
Posted by MrsWoods
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by MrsWoods
Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
Yes, DH gave DD his old iPhone because he was getting the newer model.
I don't think it's so bad at middle school age but people are talking about Kindergarten age and second graders having phones.... and that to me is WAY too young to have a super expensive device IMO
Yes, this. I have every intention of getting my DD a phone before she gets to middle school. But right now, she just turned 7. She doesn’t go anywhere alone. She can’t call a friend and plan her own play date. I guess she could text or FaceTime (I let her do this sometimes on my phone with my friends’ kids) but that’s not really how I want her spending every evening or weekend at this age.
Yes! Trust me you do NOT want her spending every evening and weekend on the devices at this age. That will happen for sure when they hit the middle school age and get a phone. It's terrible
Hold that off as long as possible. Let her play with toys etc at this age. The hold these devices have on them once they get full access is horrible
Funny we are talking about this and I said that every kid probably DOES have a phone and then that story from the middle school came up last night and the woman said her 12 year old doesn't have a phone.
I am a little shocked that a 12 year old doesn't have a phone but then with that story something seems off anyway.
What story is that?
You missed all of that?
Apparently. I have no idea what you are talking about
I just messaged you. Check your emails as it seems parents got an email yesterday about it.
I got that email yes. But i didn't hear anything about what it has to do with a cell phone
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Re: Phone
Posted by NervousNell
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Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
Yes, DH gave DD his old iPhone because he was getting the newer model.
I don't think it's so bad at middle school age but people are talking about Kindergarten age and second graders having phones.... and that to me is WAY too young to have a super expensive device IMO
Yes, this. I have every intention of getting my DD a phone before she gets to middle school. But right now, she just turned 7. She doesn’t go anywhere alone. She can’t call a friend and plan her own play date. I guess she could text or FaceTime (I let her do this sometimes on my phone with my friends’ kids) but that’s not really how I want her spending every evening or weekend at this age.
Yes! Trust me you do NOT want her spending every evening and weekend on the devices at this age. That will happen for sure when they hit the middle school age and get a phone. It's terrible
Hold that off as long as possible. Let her play with toys etc at this age. The hold these devices have on them once they get full access is horrible
Funny we are talking about this and I said that every kid probably DOES have a phone and then that story from the middle school came up last night and the woman said her 12 year old doesn't have a phone.
I am a little shocked that a 12 year old doesn't have a phone but then with that story something seems off anyway.
What story is that?
You missed all of that?
Apparently. I have no idea what you are talking about
I just messaged you. Check your emails as it seems parents got an email yesterday about it.
I got that email yes. But i didn't hear anything about what it has to do with a cell phone
Is this the Penis post and the mom who has a child who is 12 that doesn't have a cell phone? I don't find anything off with that post at all, and the teacher was fired, so the school didn't think it was off either.
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Re: Phone
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Posted by LuckyStar
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Posted by lululu
Posted by MrsWoods
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Posted by MrsWoods
Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
Yes, DH gave DD his old iPhone because he was getting the newer model.
I don't think it's so bad at middle school age but people are talking about Kindergarten age and second graders having phones.... and that to me is WAY too young to have a super expensive device IMO
Yes, this. I have every intention of getting my DD a phone before she gets to middle school. But right now, she just turned 7. She doesn’t go anywhere alone. She can’t call a friend and plan her own play date. I guess she could text or FaceTime (I let her do this sometimes on my phone with my friends’ kids) but that’s not really how I want her spending every evening or weekend at this age.
Yes! Trust me you do NOT want her spending every evening and weekend on the devices at this age. That will happen for sure when they hit the middle school age and get a phone. It's terrible
Hold that off as long as possible. Let her play with toys etc at this age. The hold these devices have on them once they get full access is horrible
Funny we are talking about this and I said that every kid probably DOES have a phone and then that story from the middle school came up last night and the woman said her 12 year old doesn't have a phone.
I am a little shocked that a 12 year old doesn't have a phone but then with that story something seems off anyway.
What story is that?
You missed all of that?
Apparently. I have no idea what you are talking about
I just messaged you. Check your emails as it seems parents got an email yesterday about it.
I got that email yes. But i didn't hear anything about what it has to do with a cell phone
Is this the Penis post and the mom who has a child who is 12 that doesn't have a cell phone? I don't find anything off with that post at all, and the teacher was fired, so the school didn't think it was off either.
I am only going to say that there are "kids" who are close to 30 that I was told did this in this same class when they were that age. It was a sub so thinking it was something in the curriculum.
I am just glad my kids are out of school and don't have to deal with parents anymore as they got worse and worse through the years, IME.
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Re: Phone
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Middle school and not any fancy phone either. All they need is calls and texts feature. If they want a fancy phone then have them save up their own money (allowance). Don't need to keep up with Joneses as they say.
It boggles my mind that we are handing 7 year olds devices that cos $1000 plus to play around on.
My 12 year old isn't even responsible enough to not break or lose it.
Facts!! No way am i giving a child the newest Iphone/apple watch model that some sucker parents get. You get the cheapest working phone that does the job.
I always thought that too but then when you go to buy a phone the older models and up being more expensive because they give incentives and rebates with the newer models. If I want the newer model I will make my kid take my phone and I upgrade but sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
Yes, DH gave DD his old iPhone because he was getting the newer model.
I don't think it's so bad at middle school age but people are talking about Kindergarten age and second graders having phones.... and that to me is WAY too young to have a super expensive device IMO
Yes, this. I have every intention of getting my DD a phone before she gets to middle school. But right now, she just turned 7. She doesn’t go anywhere alone. She can’t call a friend and plan her own play date. I guess she could text or FaceTime (I let her do this sometimes on my phone with my friends’ kids) but that’s not really how I want her spending every evening or weekend at this age.
Yes! Trust me you do NOT want her spending every evening and weekend on the devices at this age. That will happen for sure when they hit the middle school age and get a phone. It's terrible
Hold that off as long as possible. Let her play with toys etc at this age. The hold these devices have on them once they get full access is horrible
Funny we are talking about this and I said that every kid probably DOES have a phone and then that story from the middle school came up last night and the woman said her 12 year old doesn't have a phone.
I am a little shocked that a 12 year old doesn't have a phone but then with that story something seems off anyway.
What story is that?
You missed all of that?
Apparently. I have no idea what you are talking about
I just messaged you. Check your emails as it seems parents got an email yesterday about it.
I got that email yes. But i didn't hear anything about what it has to do with a cell phone
Is this the Penis post and the mom who has a child who is 12 that doesn't have a cell phone? I don't find anything off with that post at all, and the teacher was fired, so the school didn't think it was off either.
I am only going to say that there are "kids" who are close to 30 that I was told did this in this same class when they were that age. It was a sub so thinking it was something in the curriculum.
I am just glad my kids are out of school and don't have to deal with parents anymore as they got worse and worse through the years, IME.
Eh, the whole lesson seemed inappropriate. My SO is a male teacher, and even agreed. I can't imagine asking the kids to chant Penis softly, then get louder and louder, and a child coming to me telling me they are uncomfortable, and me dismissing it. Shrug. I dunno. But clearly the school found it to be wrong as well, since the teacher in question was in fact fired. Not reassigned to another leave replacement class. Not suspended. Flat out fired.
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