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My kids are homeschooled and have a flip phone. I hope this is your kid you're talking about and not someone else's.

@Lacey haha sounds like this discussion isn’t for you then. Move along pls no one asked if your kids attend a public school or gets homeschooled lol orrr the type of phone they use 😂

My 8yo son is in 3rd grade public school and doesn't own a phone yet. I was hoping to hold off until middle school. He's not responsible enough with stuff he already has.

Nope

My eight-year-old who is in third grade has a phone, but she knows how to read and do math and is very excellent at it.

My kid is 7. He excels in math and reading, and I still wouldn't give him a phone. Way too young, in my opinion.

Honestly no. But I will say my daughter learned how to read & write from using her phone. I turned on a setting option that allowed my daughter to hold the sentence or paragraph so it can read it out loud to her. By the time she started school she was able to read 1st & 2nd grade level books and write sentences.

No but not because they can’t read or do math but bet they are to young at this age. Most 8-9 year olds are not responsible enough to have a phone in my opinion.

Yes it’s different when you are using the phone for something important such as that. But they just have them for fun… games, YouTube, to call idk. Maybe I am old school because no way lol

In order for them to use those devices, they have to know how to read and spell and etc. It seems like they may not WANT to do the work in which they would not have those electronics. They are a privilege not a right and should be earned.

My son has learned a lot off of YouTube! He doesn’t have a phone but he has a tablet. You’d be surprised how much kids can learn from it, he sometimes teaches me things I didn’t know! He’s good at reading but he hates anything that involves writing. He’s more of a math kid. 8 or 9 in my opinion is still to young for a phone, so I agree on that.

The only reason my son got a phone last year is because he’s active in sports and is starting to stay home by himself for longer periods of time. I want him to be able to call and if he’s done with practice early. And I like knowing I can check up on him on the 360 app. The phone doesn’t go in his bedroom at night and doesn’t go to school. But if he can’t behave at school, or do his school work, a phone would be the last thing I would consider.

I don’t think one should correlate with the other. If they are that far behind in school, I would get them evaluated for a learning disability and get an IEP. That’s like saying you shouldn’t have fun because you aren’t good in a certain area. I don’t think young children should have phones with internet connection period but again, whether they can read or not shouldnt have anything to do with how they’re treated. Imagine if you were treated bad for the areas you struggle in?

My child is 8 i just got her a phone but only for specific purposes. She is only allowed to use it on weekends and when school and home work is DONE if it’s not done and she’s not being the scholar i know she can be as well as behavior at home and school she doesn’t get it. She understands phone and gaming is a privilege earned not a necessity given. ALSO, when she isn’t doing the best in school i block all fun apps and only keep educational apps open on her phone and make sure the my monitoring app that she gets on the educational apps for a specific amount of time. If she’s doing what is required of her in school but her behavior is off i take the phone and the game and request her teacher to send me a progress report on hr behavior at the end of the day for a certain amount of time (i don’t tell my daughter i do this because i want her to correct her behavior on her own.) me and the teacher have a great understanding so till i feel she corrected herself she can’t use them

Sounds like you need to let that be the incentive while they work on improving their work and behavior. My 9 year old has a phone but I only give it to her when she needs to have it. I would say parent your kids the way you want them to be & don’t give into “society” of spoiling these kids while they failing and being disrespectful.

I wouldn’t let any 8 or 9 year old despite grades or academic skill have a phone or console at all. They is so much time for that later. Childhood is waaay too short.