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No phones or SM accounts for kids till they turn 18. Yes, there's a "fear" of being an outcast but they work their way around that quickly and if they have othe
by noufalibrahim 2y ago
No phones or SM accounts for kids till they turn 18. Yes, there's a "fear" of being an outcast but they work their way around that quickly and if they have other things to spend time on, they'll be fine. The "need" for social media is mostly FOMO.
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- ta1243 2y agoDo you have kids in double digits? Our senior schools (from age 11, "6th grade" in US term) literally mandate a phone (not a computer, an actual phone) for school, both to use in class and to receive homework assignments.
- iforgot22 2y agoThat's ok, they can borrow a parent's phone.
- firejake308 2y agoIn class though?
- noufalibrahim 2y agoI'd be very concerned if a school relied on a smart phone even for class work.
- ta1243 2y agoYet it's quite normal - at least in the three schools I know about
- noufalibrahim 2y agoYes. I have kids. I'm not in the US. My kids school sends homework using an app. I get it on my phone, take printouts etc. and my kids get the work done.
- slantaclaus 2y agoNo phones period is stupid. Just get them a jitterbug or a startac
- noufalibrahim 2y agoWe have a basic feature phone at home which they take if they're going out just to stay in touch/emergencies etc. They don't have phones unsupervised at all times.
- calvinmorrison 2y agoStar tacs don't work anymore, of course. Any alternative?