TODAY Tastemaker and child development expert Dr. Deborah Gilboa said the Wait Until 8th movement could be very helpful to parents, but in the end, the choice is still up to the individual family.
, which asks parents to promise"not to give your child a smartphone until at least 8th grade as long as at least 10 other families from your child’s grade and school pledge as well."
After recruiting a group of friends to begin the Wait Until 8th movement, some of whom are now part of the pledge's website, Shannon got her children on board too."At first, my older two daughters questioned why I was starting the pledge, but when I explained to them I wanted them to have a group of friends to wait with, they understood," she said.
But, said Dr. Gilboa,"Since it's not legislated, each parents still gets to decide what works in their family."
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