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[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Agreed. We bought my son a phone when he was traveling between states and flying as an unaccompanied minor a bunch because of split parenting. He was about nine. We had strict rules about when he was allowed to use it and when he ABSOLUTELY was not allowed to NOT have it. We also didn't turn on the data (and made him use Wifi) until he was 12.

We absolutely NEEDED him to have it, given those conditions.