| ▲ | RHSeeger 5 days ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It's important to teach our children that different people have different restrictions. Some of my daughter's friends have no phone. One of them has no phone, but does have a tablet. To the best of my knowledge, none of them are ostracized by the group. I mean, I've seen them hanging out at our house and other places. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | rapind 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> To the best of my knowledge, none of them are ostracized by the group. Yes, in my experience it isn't as severe as "Ostracized", but definitely a bit "left out" occasionally, especially when friends are all doing "snap streaks" and swap BFFs (as they do) etc. So at least in my area, a girl at 12+ will miss out on some social peer activities if she does not have a phone. End of the world? Probably not, but I guess it depends on your community's local culture. Also, the valley probably isn't a great baseline for comparison. I'm not recommending anything. I just think we tend to ignore the nuance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | shortrounddev2 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Just curious, how old are they? I'm planning on having kids and I'm afraid of how to answer the smart phone question. I imagine that it could start to be an issue by 12 or 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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