Oldest son was 12. Second son was 14. My 3rd son is 11 and he just got a

Jan 25, 2023
2:08:38pm

reagan21 Intervention Needed

GABB watch. My youngest (and only daughter) will never have one because she will never age. She's easily the most responsible but not until 8th or 9th grade is my guess.

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At what age do you let your kids have a smartphone?

SausageKing

1/25/23 2:04pm

7th grade at earliest, unless there are unique circumstances. And even then it

BlooCoog

1/25/23 2:07pm

Yep we have told our youngest it would be middle school at the earliest

crimedog

1/25/23 2:08pm

I've heard iphone has great parental controls

WhirleyPop

1/25/23 2:12pm

Not true unfortunately. Our teen hacked it easily. It's also too basic. It

BlooCoog

1/25/23 5:31pm

Depended on the kid. Between 12 and 16.

JAGA97

1/25/23 2:07pm

Oldest son was 12. Second son was 14. My 3rd son is 11 and he just got a

reagan21

1/25/23 2:08pm

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Deleted

1/25/23 2:10pm

Young girls are sooooo rude. She's in 2nd grade and already gets grief for

reagan21

1/25/23 2:12pm

Never?

Eddie

1/25/23 2:12pm

did you not read the rest of the post?

reagan21

1/25/23 2:15pm

Well yeah - and then you went and modified it. Twice. 😉

Eddie

1/25/23 2:15pm

I did, but way before your reply. 😉

reagan21

1/25/23 2:16pm

Dude. I have a reputation to uphold.

Eddie

1/25/23 2:18pm

😆

Tmoney1969

1/25/23 2:19pm

flip phone until they went on their mission

gilmerbuckeye

1/25/23 2:08pm

smart. pun intended.

reagan21

1/25/23 2:09pm

Our 16 and 14 year olds have Gabb phones.

BlueBlood94

1/25/23 2:10pm

When they can drive and need maps

volleyjiver

1/25/23 2:12pm

Oldest is 13 and doesn't have one yet. Hoping to get at least another year

Mexicougazul

1/25/23 2:12pm

13 has Gabb. I wish they offered some more granularity instead of all or nothing

ponys

1/25/23 2:14pm

My son has Gabb phone. I really wish it allowed Spotify. That is really the only

Chester Copperpot

1/25/23 2:23pm

Yeah that would be great. I feel like there is still a lot of room between full

ponys

1/25/23 2:29pm

I tried the Gabb Music app on my son's phone; it definitely sucks. A lot.

cougarmeister

1/25/23 3:03pm

I don't get how hard it would be to just have a database of songs that they get

Chester Copperpot

1/25/23 3:11pm

Spotify is full of naughty adult podcasts, so there's that. Unless you pay for

BlooCoog

1/25/23 6:29pm

We have the family version.

Chester Copperpot

1/25/23 6:37pm

Go with an MMGuardian or Pinwheel phone. Far more control for parents.

BlooCoog

1/25/23 6:28pm

12. My 10 year old gets one when she stops biting her nails.

RSL

1/25/23 2:15pm

Christmas 9th grade year

Mister P

1/25/23 2:16pm

16 and they pay for it.

Tmoney1969

1/25/23 2:18pm

This was us. Worked out very well.

O Gaucho

1/25/23 2:43pm

Props to you for that. The hardest thing so far is when my daughter goes to YW and she's the only one in church not

Ted Lasso

1/25/23 2:49pm

Probably 13, with Gabb or alternative

Ted Lasso

1/25/23 2:22pm

They left the hospital with a blanket, a pacifier, and the latest smartphone.

Tokolosh

1/25/23 2:27pm

My oldest is in 6th grade and has a Gabb watch. Through volunteering at their

cougarfan84

1/25/23 2:34pm

flip until 15 or 16, Gabb until HS senior. Then smartphone they buy themselves

runnincoug

1/25/23 2:42pm

14 or 15, but we've turned off anything on it with direct internet asset and

UNLVcougar

1/25/23 2:42pm

we have a "home" smartphone that the kids can share and is not private

Wagon

1/25/23 2:43pm

Been a Deacons Quorum leader for a couple years now

CougarTail

1/25/23 3:10pm

Amen, we're killing the resiliency and emotional health of these kids

runnincoug

1/25/23 4:42pm

As a 24 year veteran of teaching 7th graders in middle school, I would say that

O Gaucho

1/25/23 5:00pm

When they hit high school

DrinkSuin

1/25/23 3:47pm

Freshman year. After that point you are like Marilla of Anne of Green Gables

Kral

1/25/23 3:54pm

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