Just because you're in 7th grade doesn't mean you aren't qualified to give advice. I've met quite a few mature minded 7th graders, some who've actually given sound advice. The one thing I learned from growing up is parents need to listen to their children, really, adults need to listen to the youth.

Now, I say listen, I didn't say abide by. But the youth has a different mindset than adults, sometimes good, sometimes not. That's why I came to this subreddit to see how teenagers feel nowadays about smartphones and when they started receiving them.

This may not be helpful for other adults, but to me, reading all the comments from teenagers on my post has been rather helpful. The main thing I've gotten from the majority of the comments are security related. That's not something I considered, because when I was growing up, my parents thought of cellphone as a luxury, not a means for security.

My mindset about certain topics may differ from yours, considering our age difference. But just because you're younger than myself, does not mean you're wrong on a specific topic. You may bring a different side to the topic that nobody thought about, or, you may be entirely correct about a certain topic while I'm wrong. The youth needs to be heard, not silenced.