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Mary McCarthy with the Balance Phone she gave to her son when he was 12
My son is in sixth class in primary school. He doesn’t have a smartphone but is already campaigning for one this summer around his birthday. He says that all of his friends either have one or are getting one. We’re uncomfortable with the idea of it because of what’s happening on social media. But we think it’s fair for him to have access to WhatsApp and maybe some version of the internet, just not social media. Is there a phone that can do this?
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