Let me get this straight: Your saying that parents who always know where their 8 year old kids are at all time are foolish?? What planet are your from?

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if you are foolish for knowing where your 8yr old is at every minute i think you are a bad parent

Noone knows where someone is at ALL times, thats the point, my parents may have thought they knew where I was but I wasn't always at that place, plans change etc thats why cell phones are important to many people, including my family, I think keeping constant communication with your child makes you a GOOD parent

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The first part in principal is true only to the extent that if my 8 year old is at school then he/she/ is expected to be there and i make sure that they are accounted for every minute so a cell phone is not required. That arrangement carries over into every aspect of that 8 year olds life.

As to the second part, my 8 year olds who are grown now will tell you that you only got to pull that not being where your suppose to be once or twice and that would be the last time you did it. I DON"T PLAY regarding that issue.

Now to the last part i agree. That's exactly why an 8 year old will always be supervised by a parent who is in constant communication with ME the parent. So again that 8 year old would not need to have a cell phone.

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Thats the point they used a cell phone to be in communication

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Not 8 year olds. No cell phones period. Supervising parents make the calls.

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yeah well unfortunatly not all parents give a crap hence the reason behind giving kids cell phones

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Now we are in complete agreement

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As a parent of 3 teenagers, I've gone through all of these issues.

Some of you who don't have childen need to attend some parent teacher meetings to hear the reasons why dress codes are required. The main concern with clothing issues here in L.A. schools is directly related to gang signage. There is certain apparel that is affiliated with particular gangs that the school administrators do not want present on the campuses. The last thing I need is for my sons or daughter to get shot because they were wearing a professional team jersey affiliated with a gang.

Cellphones belong in the hands of children who are old enough to be responsible users. I believe they have no place with childen of elementary and middle school age. The school administrators will gladly allow the children to make emergency phone calls as well as get messages to the children.

In high school, it's different. The high school kids are going to carry their phones and it is allowed but with definite rules. Teachers do not want students placing calls or text messaging in class; they don't want them to put their crib notes in their phones, using the calculators, or googling test answers. But many teachers have found away around this - they simply collect cellphones at the beginning of class and return them after class. Any student using a cellphone during class has their phone confiscated; a parent must come pick up the phone from the administration office. Cellphones are needed; if my kids are not following their normal routine, I need them to call me or my wife if they staying for extra basketball practice, going to a friends house, going shopping etc. The payphones in the campus are frequently vandalized and are not working, so the cellphone is a must.