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Your Kid Wants A Smart Phone. Are You Ready For That? There’s a lot of talk amongst parents about knowing when your kid is ready to handle the responsibility of his or her own smart phone. There are some great resources to aid you in this consideration. We love the self-evaluation you can have your child complete by the folks at Better Screen Time, which includes questions such as, “Do I get up on my own and get ready for school every day?” Also, “Am I responsible with my bel

We’re big proponents of delaying smart phone use for kids. For all of the reasons listed on this awesome campaign web site, Wait Until 8th, we think it’s a smart parenting move. As an alternative for kids you truly need to be able to reach, we think a great first step is the FLIP PHONE! But this dinosaur technology can seem foreign to many of us, even though it wasn’t THAT long ago when we all had them. We thought it might be helpful to showcase one family’s story about the n

Wait Until 8th that started with a handful of moms in Texas. Wait Until 8th is less than a year old and has already been featured on multiple national platforms including NPR, Good Morning America, the Today Show, and more. The premise of the campaign is to motivate parents to stand together in extending childhood by waiting until at least the 8th grade to give their kids smart phones. It all starts with an online pledge, and when at least 10 families from their kids’ school

I have an older Samsung Infuse smart phone, circa 2011.  It doesn’t have cellular service and was just sitting around in a drawer for a year or so. It didn’t have any personal information on it anymore, as I had already backed up everything important when I got a new phone.  So as an alternative to buying a new tablet or other new device for our boys, ages 9 and 12, I decided to see if I could turn my old phone into something that would safely play a few approved games. Inste