I’m sorry, but I’m not sure if those folks saying “18” are residing on planet Earth in 2022. Any family with a kid in high school is aware that smartphone penetration of the teen market is close to 100%, with the Apple iphone having maybe 90% of that. Maybe there are some homeschooling kids out there who don’t have or need smartphones, but in 2022 if you’re a normal teen going to a normal school, you likely have an iphone. We can gnash our teeth all we want about how costly and inappropriate this, but it’s just reality whether we like it or not. To the folks on here insisting, “I don’t care what everyone else is doing; I would never let my teen have a smartphone,” my response: Uh, huh, sure. Talk is cheap. Call us back when you actually have a teen in 2022 and let us know how that’s going.
Absolutely true. What people are saying is stop the madness who’s in charge.
And here’s another view:
“ Because their parents are stupid enough to give them smartphones…”
Have one.
Doing fine, thank you.
Flip phone, no smart phone.
Since you are not understanding:
we are effectively saying o e DOESN’T place one’s child in government schools EVER.