Bear with me on this. Not long ago I would have thought it ridiculous to give an iphone to a child, but am considering giving one to my son for his 8th birthday.
It would be for inside the house, and he'll be getting his own bedroom soon. Would serve as pad / tablet, could play games, music, etc. I probably wouldn't get a sim card (though could work up to that). I have i-stuff so he could have access to my music through family sharing, but through iMessage on home wifi he could send messages to his best friend. She has one, mainly to contact her mum when she stays at her dad's house. Obvs would have to get on board with heavy parental controls etc, I don't want him unsupervised on the internet but don't know how that works.
It would be an older model, a second hand 4 or something cheap.
So in many ways sensible but part of me screams inside at the idea of a kid that young having an iphone. Am I reasonable or is that outdated thinking?
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AIBU to give an iphone to an 8-year-old
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moofolk · 22/06/2016 10:45
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