Cell Phones and Children Part 1
Several months ago we took our Bigs to dinner and their first college football game while our two littles spent time with grandma and grandpa. As our dinner came to a close, my husband received an inappropriate text from an unknown person. He quickly turned his phone away from the table and slipped it back into his pocket. With a role of the eyes he said, "I need to show you the text that just came through." After we were all in the car, he asked me to delete the image and block the number. Unfortunately, it was an inappropriate image of a female. I quickly erased, blocked and perhaps halted any further phishing attempts. It was this incident that solidified our current decision to delay a smart phone for our oldest. Our 12 year old loves football, hydro dipping all the things (curious, see my latest IG post), spending time with family, riding his bike, tickle wars, math, playing at parks with friends, Madden 20, snacks, building box forts AND he would also love his ...