How many people have a 14 year old son without a smart phone?

My wife and I bought my son a smart phone when he was 13. It was the biggest mistake I ever made as a parent. He's constantly on it and we have had a couple instances of him downloading apps that he should not be downloading. We have Sprint which has poor parental controls. We have tried to control it ourselves, but that's a losing battle.

Took him to the Sprint store on Saturday and bought him a "dumb" phone with no data. Hated to do that because the phone is how kids stay connected to each other these days, but I'm hoping that it's one of those things he'll think me for one day in the future.

Posted: 02/22/2016 at 1:29PM

How many people have a 14 year old son without a smart phone? -- HokieByWater 02/22/2016 1:29PM

I have 2 girls and they have had smart phones since age 13 -- capitals1 02/22/2016 5:07PM

Not that, but I had a 14-year old son with no smarts! ** -- Hokie in CT 02/22/2016 4:53PM

I put a great control tool on my 17 yo daughter's phone -- Vienna_Hokie 02/22/2016 3:33PM

My almost 3 year old has one, but my 10 month old can't be trusted yet -- HokieAl 02/22/2016 2:50PM

My 16 and 11 year olds just got phones about a month ago -- Tafkam Hokie 02/22/2016 2:40PM

None of my 4 kids <18 have smart phones -- HokieMacDaddy 02/22/2016 2:29PM

At the time, similar thing, but we refused to purchase video games. We -- Hokebury 02/22/2016 2:22PM

Good for you - I applaud you for taking charge -- public knowledge 02/22/2016 1:53PM

Yeah, I've got Net Nanny on the home computer. -- HokieByWater 02/22/2016 3:20PM

How many people have a 14 year old son without a smart phone?

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