Our oldest daughter is a sensible and independent 10-year-old and she wants a smartphone. She is already an owner of an old-fashioned phone, as she sometimes walks home from school. However, many of her friends have smartphones.
My husband and I think she would be sensible; she isn’t a technology addict and spend most of her time playing outside. She has been learning about the many dangers and horrors of technology. She does well in school, is a good friend, and would think through her texts and comments on a chat group if she joined one. In short, she would probably be fine and safe if we gave her a smartphone.
However, I don’t want her to have a smartphone just yet. It’s so expensive and unnecessary, except as a means for not being left out of the gang. I would rather she carried on spending her free time with drawing and playing. I wouldn’t want a phone sucking the life out of her daydreaming time. My feeling is the longer we can hold off and stand firm, the better. But I don’t want her to become an outsider, and I don’t want her to feel we are saying no because we don’t trust her.
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