Really like your approach of graduated features as they age and show responsibility.

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Oct 16, 2019
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POLL: If you have an 8th grader (or a child 12-14 years old), what type of phone do they have?

wisconsincougs

10/15/19 10:41pm

Land line

BYUBandfan

10/15/19 10:42pm

Through who? Not a VOIP one, I hope.

BlueBlood94

10/16/19 12:31am

IMO in 8th grade they need a way to communicate with friends, whether it is an iPod or flip phone...

DieHarder

10/15/19 10:43pm

My plan is to have one phone for the kids, that acts like a land line, but they

akmewg

10/15/19 10:47pm

What's an example of a mobile land line? Like essentially a flip phone?

wisconsincougs

10/15/19 10:57pm

? I don’t know yet, I still have a few years, but it’ll be the ‘dumbest’ phone I

akmewg

10/15/19 11:07pm

It's not hard to get flip phones.

volleyjiver

10/16/19 6:27am

Good to know.

akmewg

10/16/19 7:38pm

We recently discussed this with a friend who shared these thoughts...

garyfan

10/15/19 11:09pm

Yeah those are the main reasons we've resisted till now. And he is the only one

wisconsincougs

10/15/19 11:12pm

apparently, if you don’t have a phone you’re lame. It’s a full-on social status

Dr MoBYU

10/15/19 11:18pm

What this same friend does is have one phone for all the kids.

garyfan

10/15/19 11:22pm

Get him a phone number with Google voice to text on a computer so he knows about

runnincoug

10/16/19 7:11am

Serious queation: Why do you say the popular social scene is the worst?

Dr MoBYU

10/15/19 11:13pm

Just the thoughts of a friend. I think she is suggesting that the popular scene

garyfan

10/15/19 11:23pm

FWIW an LA Times article on it

wisconsincougs

10/15/19 11:35pm

Thank you👍

Dr MoBYU

10/15/19 11:55pm

This backs up what I always thought. Middle school is the worst age to be

Memmo

10/16/19 12:34pm

None. Ours said the same. Turned out when we looked closer not everyone had one.

unctoothman

10/15/19 11:20pm

We are opposite your situation, our youngest is in 8th grade.

Blue for Life

10/15/19 11:48pm

I appreciate it! He's oldest of 5, so we're considering future ramifications too

wisconsincougs

10/16/19 12:44am

Yea it is tough road. You want to do everything you can to protect them.

Blue for Life

10/16/19 5:25am

Agree about how it is difficult to get messages from Church, teams, etc... That

BYUtka

10/16/19 12:03pm

Phone wifi-only + Google voice + Qustodio

Reedme

10/16/19 5:31am

Ah so it’s kind of like a small ipad in a way?

wisconsincougs

10/16/19 7:17am

Yep, It's a smartphone but no always on access

Reedme

10/16/19 7:26am

Used Android phone + Tello ($5) + Life360 + Google Family Link. No calls, no texts. Other apps and games disabled

supertux

10/16/19 5:50am

Forgive my ignorance but if no calls/texts/games/apps what does it do?

wisconsincougs

10/16/19 7:13am

Life360 allows communication with our family and gps tracking

supertux

10/16/19 11:22am

We just got our son the Gabb Wireless phone

nukeduker

10/16/19 6:24am

I should add...

nukeduker

10/16/19 6:26am

How does he feel about Gabb and how do his friends react?

wisconsincougs

10/16/19 7:12am

Transparency alert...

nukeduker

10/16/19 7:30am

We have been looking into this as well. I'll be curious to hear how it goes.

whirl

10/16/19 11:44am

Been looking at this today. Will probably pull the trigger next week. They do have one now that can do group/picture

BlueBlood94

10/25/19 4:47pm

Really like your approach of graduated features as they age and show responsibility.

Soupie

10/16/19 12:13pm

Dumb flip phone.

Kilgore Trout

10/16/19 6:56am

Flip phone to 16, text/calling only on smartphone until graduation. No data plan

runnincoug

10/16/19 7:16am

My 6th grader has a smart phone. Leaves it in our room to charge at night. She's

Vincent's Picks

10/16/19 8:01am

I have two 8th Graders. (step sisters) They both have iPhone XRs with screen time enabled and Circle router at home

Pete

10/16/19 11:46am

Whatever was a good price on Republic Wireless.

BYUtka

10/16/19 12:03pm

iPhone with restrictions.

Vernon Dozier

10/16/19 1:55pm

Something I did not mention.

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