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We always told our kid, "you'll get a phone when you need a phone", which was a message that was supposed to communicate that the phone was connected to increas
by jeffrallen 3y ago
We always told our kid, "you'll get a phone when you need a phone", which was a message that was supposed to communicate that the phone was connected to increased freedom and increased responsibility. Then we found at 12 that the actual need was social integration, because he was being excluded from some social life without a phone at 12. So he got a phone.
The curse of Metcalf's law...
- gnicholas 3y agoThat's the point of attempts to coordinate group behavior, like this site. The goal is to avoid having your kid be the only one without a smartphone, by tacitly communicating with enough other parents who have a similar goal in mind.