CHARLOTTE, N.C.– Sooner or later your kids will want smartphones because all the other kids have them. Every parent has asked themselves “at what age should I give my kids a smartphone?” Brooke Shannon started getting the questions from her kids when they were in about the 2nd
and 3rd grades. “To me, it just seemed super young to be handing over such a powerful device to such young
hands,” she said.
She held firm, but…all the other kids were getting them. Her kids felt left out. “I didn’t want them to be the only kids with their heads up,” Shannon explained. “So I emailed about 20 or so moms just to see what they were thinking about with smartphones. Out of this discussion came up with this idea: what if you had other people waiting with you? What if there was this group momentum to hold the line on smartphones until a certain age.” Shannon said they decided on 8th grade. “It gets you through all of elementary school, most
of the middle school at that point.”
After those 20 or so parents took the pledge in her community, the idea spread. Now, parents
from anywhere in the country can sign a pledge to “Wait until 8th”.
Source: https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2022/04/13/what-the-tech-when-should-kids-get-smartphones/