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Wringing hands over giving tween a phone

My daughter will be entering secondary school next year and is likely to need a phone, but I'm reluctant to give her one

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With the Primary School Leaving Examination done and dusted for my 12-year-old daughter, I am now wondering when I should give her a mobile phone.
To say I am reluctant would be an understatement.
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