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There is a vast difference between giving a 9 year old a smartphone and giving a 17 year old a smartphone. If a school needs 9 year olds to have a smartphone,

• acdha 3y ago
  There are students at middle schools here who use Uber / Lyft to get to/from school because their parents can’t accompany them on the subway. Smart door locks, etc. are also common and a surprising number of kids use the assistive features (e.g. background noise on headphones). I’m not saying it’s great but I see it more as a market failure that parents can’t confidently say they let their kid use a phone without being exposed to the worst of the internet.