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My kids asked for them. They are under 10. (They asked me to write down my number to give to their friends. Business card is just as good.) We don't have a lan
by lr4444lr 1y ago
My kids asked for them. They are under 10. (They asked me to write down my number to give to their friends. Business card is just as good.)
We don't have a landline, and there's no way in hell they're getting their own phones at that age.
- InitialLastName 1y agoThis is something I think about with my kids when they get to that age. I was calling my friends (on their landlines, using our landline) regularly by then, talking to their parents en route to getting them on the phone, and arranging visits. My kids won't grow up in a world where that's something that happens, and I'm not sure how to support their social independence in a world where (as you say) it seems nigh-on-negligent for them to have their own phones.
- hallman76 1y agoThere is a nascent movement of families bringing back landlines for exactly this reason