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Do Kids Need Their Own Phone to Stay Connected to Friends?

Do Kids Need Their Own Phone to Stay Connected to Friends?

Update: 2025-05-15
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In this Brave Briefing, Kelly addresses the ever-present plea of kids to have their own phone to connect with friends. Is the only real option to give them a smartphone? We do not believe so and therefore present the simple and powerful alternative: The Home Smartphone.


Resources referenced:


Pinwheel Kid-Safe Phones

Corded handset for Smartphone


Articles referenced:


How Parenting and Self-Control Mediates the Link between Social Media and Youth Mental Health

Common Sense Media Consensus: Media Use in Tweens & Teens


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Do Kids Need Their Own Phone to Stay Connected to Friends?

Do Kids Need Their Own Phone to Stay Connected to Friends?

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