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Is 9 1/2 too young for a phone for basic calls and texts?
March 17, 2014 at
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Was thinking about giving my daughter a phone. We have no house phone, only cell phones. Was thinking about getting her one so if she is at the rink and done early, she could call me to come get her or something like that. Or call her friends around the block rather than using my phone?
Wondering what is an appropriate age. She is not overly mature, not immature either.
Wondering what is an appropriate age. She is not overly mature, not immature either.
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but could always be worse. back in MLV's day....
Just wait in a few years when kids hit their cruel phases .. they can be pretty mean to one another.
But yeah, there sure aren't many. For all I know, it's the only one around here now.
Some kids do talk on the phone a lot. In Elementary School I had one friend who was awful about it. She would call all the time, talk a long time, and we would hang up. Then it wasn't ten minutes later, and she would call again.
Eventually I had my parents helping me make up excuses to not talk to her "Majide has homework" or eating dinner or something. I sure don't like talking that much!
As to the original post, I think personally I wouldn't give a phone to a 9 year old. But I can see how some people would. I wasn't big on extracurricular activities as a kid, so usually if I wasn't home, there was usually some other parent around that they knew how to contact, or that I could go to if I needed to use their phone.
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I was under the impression they were mostly for receiving...
I was under the impression they were mostly for receiving...
Or something like that.
Also, where exactly do you sign up for these activities where you can just leave your kid there?
For my kid's football and swimming, parents are required to be present the entire time.
Or something like that.
Ice hockey. Get your kids in a real sport. A concussion before age 10 is a badge.
Are you canadian?
And my kiddo has no interest in ice hockey. Can't say I'm surprised you just stick your kids in whatever activities you want them to do.
Are you canadian?
And my kiddo has no interest in ice hockey. Can't say I'm surprised you just stick your kids in whatever activities you want them to do.
And I don't. It was not chosen by me, and when my daughter switched to volleyball I supported it just as much. Not to mention goalie gear is expensive.
I've been through a few sports with kids. Gymnastics, cheerleading, soccer, fastpictch, hockey, volleyball. Thankfully there was no draw to bouncing an orange ball around.
I did find it amazing how many parents thought of sports as a daycare. I tended to stay, or to coach. I do miss hockey
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I've been through a few sports with kids. Gymnastics, cheerleading, soccer, fastpictch, hockey, volleyball. Thankfully there was no draw to bouncing an orange ball around.
I did find it amazing how many parents thought of sports as a daycare. I tended to stay, or to coach. I do miss hockey
Yeah, I was glad my kid wasn't interested in ice hockey - it's crazy expensive. It's too warm here for it to be all that popular, too.
I get when the kid is older, and they have practices that are hours long and frequent. I wouldn't want to stay for that, either. But now in elementary school, they're little, I can't see leaving them.