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Old 06-17-2024, 02:35 PM   #10
Bill Bumface
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Originally Posted by Lubicon View Post
My two kids were the last two in their class to get phones (grade 8 or 9 IIRC)
Any tips for this? We want to take a similar path, and I'm sure this wasn't always easy to manage with all of their peers trying to drag them down with them.


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Originally Posted by dino7c View Post
Parents think they need them for safety or some bull#### about notes lol. Like we didn't survive before this garbage.
And things are even safer than when we navigated life without constant connection. I'd speculate the odds of your kid offing themself because of bullying on social media is a lot higher than having your life saved because you were able to call for help or be geolocated.
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