especially as they will need to use technology for almost any job that they will do in the future, having a msart phone/i pad or whatever is a way to learn this when you are youngSocial media isn’t the devil either - as you say there’s so many ways to access it without a phone but equally by not having a phone you would be making life harder for your child as they’d be unable to easily communicate with their friends or you if there’s an emergency and could even lead to bullying if you didn’t have a phone!