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I have no kids myself, but from friends who do have kids I hear they get teased (and sometimes bullied) if they don't have a half decent smartphone. And some of
by tluyben2 8y ago
I have no kids myself, but from friends who do have kids I hear they get teased (and sometimes bullied) if they don't have a half decent smartphone. And some of these friends are living in poorer ('non western') countries even. I guess my friends are not lying, but not sure how widespread that is.
- tootie 8y agoKids get made fun of for whatever nonsense is available as ammunition. I've never seen kids get laughed at over phones though.
- froindt 8y ago>...I hear they get teased (and sometimes bullied) if they don't have a half decent smartphone. I've also heard of kids getting left out of things socially for the same reason. One family tried the "you don't need a smart phone until sometime in high school" thing, but their kid started missing invitations to everything because the plans developed on whatsapp, snapchat, or Facebook - all of which the kid didn't have real-time access to. They relented and got their middle school kid a smartphone. Way too much of the social world of students goes through phones to be able to keep up without a smart phone.
- newhotelowner 8y ago> from friends who do have kids I hear they get teased (and sometimes bullied) if they don't have a half decent smartphone My daughter is in middle school, and pretty much everyone in her class has iPhone. Only a few have an Android phone. School requires every student to have a Chromebook, but even teachers encourage students to use smartphones. Also, one of the apps only works on smartphones. My daughter has my old Samsung 6s. She doesn't complain or ask for a new phone, but I know she wants an iPhone.