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Am I crazy for getting my first grade son a $600 phone for his birthday? It was free with adding a new phone line on my account.

I just want him to text his dad. And he's all about playing games on his older sister's phone when she lets him.

These kids are all about tech gadgets. I didn't even have a Nintendo or Gameboy when I was their age.

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MKD Podcast 2y ago

its cool, but hes a kid and may treat like the rest of his toys 🤷🏾‍♂️

Fiat Shenanigans 🤡🌎 2y ago

He's taken very good care of his Nintendo switch for the last year, so I decided to risk it.

MKD Podcast 2y ago

all is well 🤙

Zach⚡️ 2y ago

It’s a very generous gift. Just make sure they use it properly and with a lot of guidance and supervision.

ObjectiF MooN⚡️₿ 2y ago

Nice gift ! And it's one of the best android phone for the price

Low Information Voter 2y ago

He sounds like a responsible kid, let us know how it goes!

(And de-google that Pixel as far as you can, it won't stop the NSA from building a profile on him if they want to, but it should disrupt sports gambling firms and the like from building targeting profiles on him)

Entropy 2y ago

I think smartphones and tablets rewire our brains for dopamine hits... I would be exceedingly cautious about introducing something like that to a child.

That said, it is a really cool gift, in sure he will be thrilled.

Brunswick 2y ago

You don't even want to know our rules around technology in the house

Fiat Shenanigans 🤡🌎 2y ago

Growing up we didn't even have cable TV, let alone video games. We were allowed to watch PBS maybe an hour a day. Everything else was the devil. I played outside.

Brunswick 2y ago

We aren't retarded calling everything the devil, but do limit access to only the essentials. For example email, school, wikipedia, gutenburg.org, and other select things, and only during daylight hours and not in their bedroom. We have enough books to keep a municipal electric power plant running for a month and they all get read. No TV, no Cable, no DVD, no Disney, no pop music.

We have a policy of no video games until 7th grade. They all have plenty of siblings to play with, and they can go anywhere in the planes or woods within a mile of the house. They can go on any body of water if they have a life vest. They can use the landline all they want, and they can spend their own money on anything they want.

They are allowed to listen to any music from an artist that was popular before 1984 with a few exceptions, and we explain that ALL music is designed to manipulate emotions and brainwash, including religious music. They are also allowed to listen to any music they can play themselves, and they can have any musical instrument they want. They are still digesting my napster category of country music.

Our kids are very happy.