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Rainy Day Auto said

Some of us lived with no cell phones as younger people. When I was first in college I wanted a cell phone. My dad who could easily afford one, told me I could get one when I get a job, as he handed me 75 cents for a payphone.

At the time I felt like life was unfair. But now I thank him and if I ever have a kid, I'm going to do the same thing to him or her.

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I didn’t let my daughter have a smart phone until she was 12 and I limited her use of it. I have slowly allowed her to expand her use of it so that she keeps a balanced perspective of its benefits and is very aware of its risks. When she dives into it to deeply, I take it away and get her to come up for air of being able to live without it before I let her have it back.

Technology is a double edged sword. It brings great benefits, but also significant risks if you lose yourself to it. Teaching her the balance between the two is my primary mission for making her become a fully functional adult in the modern World. Technology is just a tool of this reality, not a reality of it’s own.

So far, at age 15, she has learned the lessons well.