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

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Jan 25, 2023
2:04:18pm

SausageKing All-American

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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

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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