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@nicolaii1218 You're not wrong. I definitely believe a balance needs to be reached. We have one now and I want to keep it.

@misterw Yes, absolutely. My daughter was telling me that the school was taking a lot of time to talk to them about suicide prevention and phones were a huge component to it, so I also spent my evening explaining that to her. There's basically no studied "pro" to this somehow widely accepted...

@misterw Your comment is amazing, thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. I'm of the same belief and my son has never been limited for anything in his friend group because of not having a phone. After having a conversation with him, I came to find he was the one pressuring her...

@gbessou It's interesting how we all differ in perspective. They're 13, not 16 or 17. Middle schoolers are still young kids. I respect parents for being involved in their kids lives in a healthy manner at that age and am therefore thrilled if my kids befriend such a child. I trust they're more...

@ajdar That's a great suggestion, thank you

@peace363 I absolutely love your answer. This mirrors a lot of the content in the conversation he and I had tonight. I get on his level and share my own experiences (I'm a young parent so a lot of what he's dealing with, I did too) to showcase where my concerns stem from and ask for his...

@lonely Classmates and friends are one thing, a girl he's "trying to pull" and pressuring is a whole other story. I realize that wasn't in my original post since those details were hinted at initially, then later confirmed.

@derek1995 I don't believe that's treating him like he's 7 and I think that's harsh. There are so many dangers to technology that the vast majority of parents ignore either because they don't understand it themselves or they don't care enough. As someone with a highly technical background and...

@samsam53 I appreciate your advice, thank you

@walknlight They're two separate sentences so you misread. Best of luck to you. People would be more receptive to your words if they weren't so absolutely chastising (at least here, on Reddit). I'm sure you have a lot of great perspective.

@walknlight I'm wondering where you gathered that these went from simple, private observations of my own child to words that I was using to berate him.

@walknlight Thanks for the harsh judgement on the small sliver of life you've had a momentary glimpse into, internet stranger. I appreciate your commentary but you know nothing of our lives as people.

@walknlight We recently caught him with pornographic material on one of his devices. Which, I know is normal and we had a conversation about, but the "threshold of innocence" has been broken. He's going through a girl crazy phase right now. If it were a boy, I would be more relaxed about it but...

My 8th grader just got a phone despite my extreme apprehension (I'm old school and he doesn't have a need to communicate with me because I'm a SAHM). We just moved to a new school where he doesn't know anyone. He's taking it with him for safety reasons due to his method of getting to and from...