I say hold out as long as you can. It’s is SO hard and they will try to wear you down. We got our now 9th grader a phone in 7th bc we were in the thick of coming back from covid and the bus situation was a hot mess, but I’m holding out as long as I can for our now 7th grade girl. My 9th grader has no social media and very tight restrictions on his phone. He’s given us 3 power point presentations on why he “needs” Snapchat, but we just keep saying no. It’s so hard but so worth it.
My thought is we as adults have a hard time managing the addiction to our phones and they just aren’t mentally mature enough to do so.
Stay strong and I will as well 😝