nintendo

Id say they have a good balance of both

Maybe less when ya move up to highschool

Can we just get a new version of the like, itouch that is default set with google voice and whatapp and shit so you dont need to put it on a carrier

because there is no reason why they need a phone. At home you can do everything you want from a computer

Kids do still play outside and stuff

in person you can do it in person

I mean

Regi at that point ya might aswell get a carrier

but what are you protecting them from Pika?

that's what I don't get

No, because you have to pay for a carrier

They are relatively cheap if ya don't give it data

a phone is way, way cheaper than a home pc/tablet

nothing. I do not believe you need to give children access to a lot of things

and it has the added benefit of letting you give your kid independence

Super cheap plans especially if parents already have one

despite those things not being harmful

They have like children plans

I have this same discussion with parents who won't leave their kids home alone unsupervised

like, I get that for todlers

I just don't see how it is insane to not give a phone to a kid who has not asked for one

but how retarded is your kid if you're worried about leaving a 6th grader home alone

if they express a distinct interest its different

Id say around 4th grade is the cap

I don't know how overbearing your mom is, but if they're literally never alone and would need to be reachable by phone, then that's a major reason they might not need one

they can probably interface with calssmates without too much trouble via apps on their tablet

but I think a phone is a better solution imo for that

My brother does not like leaving the house, he's basically a neet for minecraft. My sister talks to her friends via her laptop

oh damn, I finally get a offical dad badge?

Also spooky tbh

I am more overbearing then my mom is

Don't have any brothers my but sisters facetime their friends and play among us all day

yup, welcome daddy xbrox

I am far more overprotective (not only of my siblings but I get the itch to tell other children to stop doing dangerous shit too)

Ah yes, welcome father number 3

I am very cautious by nature

pretty sure I was the first dad LUL

Very fair pika

Alright father number 1 then

oh yeah mint does not know lore

I am the server mom

But nah, kids are dumb and make poor descions online

Yes

xbrox is the server dad

I remember this

Do not worry

here's a different question Pika

how old would a kid have to be that you'd be comfortable giving them a house key?

not a question of age, a question of do they leave the house

Spooky and Max were listed as the Nintendo parents so I was simply referencing that

Yeah

I've had a house key since I started walking to school in like grade 5

Give them a key the moment they start going over to friends house

implies that they at some point will be the first one home in the afternoon

neither parent are garenteed to be around

maybe my perspective is skewed because my mom does not work

if I had to say, I think 11 is the perfect age to give

my dads income is enough for our family

lol

11 is the perfect age

That's like 6th grade right

I got a house key in 1st grade, though not immediately

gradual thing

I also spent my younger years in an apartment and it was not really in the kind of place where I would walk to my friends house from

Damn spooky

If they are leaving the house, give them a key

^

Clip it to the backpack

yeah that just seems logical

yup, that was me

its not really an age thing

we had short days on monday in elementary school

so I'd walk home at like 1:30 with my key on some strap in my backpack

I live far from town and we never locked the doors to our house

And if we did

We had a key hidden under a pot

okay rural boy

calm down

Haha

this is a city folk talk