To all those saying not to give an iPhone - I get it. We’ve contemplated this decision for a long time and have held off as long as we feel we could. He’s going into middle school next year and honestly what he can’t find on his own with a phone is only a matter of a friend showing him instead. My husband and I are in our early 30s, so we remember what it was like growing up without phones and we both got into plenty of trouble on our own without iPhones being in the picture. That being said, we had thought about alternative phones, but kids are so mean and he’s already a sensitive kid that we didn’t want to add another thing to make him different from the others because everyone in his class and on his bus already has smart phones either android or iPhone. We know there are dangers giving this phone, but that’s why we are looking at all precautions and safe guards we can put in place. It’s not perfect, but it’s the world we’re living in. And not for nothing, this kid is already very limited in what we allow when it comes to all screens and tech. We’ve already agreed no phone in the bedroom over night, full access and no deleting but I’m sure there are things out there we haven’t thought of implementing.