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Tmoney1969
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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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