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I prefer a slightly more general line in the sand: we'll pay for what you need§, you pay for what you want. Needless to say our kids pine for neither paid game
by scoot 10y ago
I prefer a slightly more general line in the sand: we'll pay for what you need§, you pay for what you want.
Needless to say our kids pine for neither paid games nor in-app purchases - they've chosen (mostly) better ways to invest their time and their hard-earned savings.
§Birthdays, christmas and rewards aside.
- newswriter99 10y agoI've often wondered what it must be like for a 10-year-old these days. Especially lower income ones who go to schools where rich kids have smart phones and you're stuck with some low-level bar phone or, the more obvious situation: no phone at all. Must be hell.
- wolfgke 10y ago> Especially lower income ones who go to schools where rich kids have smart phones and you're stuck with some low-level bar phone or, the more obvious situation: no phone at all. Do you really want to have something to do with such "rich kids"? Even as a pupil I didn't. I always had interests that few other children at school were interested in. So I really don't consider this as a problem. P.S. School was hell, but for completely different reasons.
- scoot 10y agoMy 13 year old doesn't have a phone and is none the worse (and arguably much better) for it. His grandfather bought him a top of the range iPhone 7 for hist last birthday, but by his own choice, he's going to sell it and reinvest the capital so that when he actually needs a phone, he can buy whatever's current (or as he suggested the same model or lower model which in either case will be cheaper by then, so he'll save some cash.)
- psyc 10y agoWhen I was 10, it was the other kids wearing designer clothes, and excitedly discussing the intricacies of Nintendo games. Being excluded wasn't hell, but it wasn't great.
- dragonwriter 10y agoProbably no different than anytime else. The rich kids (like rich adults) always have visible status markers that the less wealthy lack.