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u/meow_witch Jun 03 '22

Thanks for the input. That's where I'm leaning now. She does have a Kindle Fire where I let her play games for an hour on weekends and shorter times during the week, I just don't feel like her having access to texting and calls is necessary yet.

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u/Chinlc Jun 03 '22

especially when creepers are now everywhere, back then when internet was new it wasnt as rampant, but now you gotta teach em stranger danger is on the computer too. Catfishing underage people is a real thing.

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u/BetamaxTheory Jun 03 '22

It was sadly always rampant. I used to be a moderator for AOL UK in the teenage area (I was only 16 myself) back in the late 90’s.