We got a lot of shit about it at the time from various sources, but I think my wife and I were correct in limiting our son to a flip phone until he was 18. It was very awkward in a lot of ways, because all of his peers had smart phones, and him not having one got in the way of some good things.

However, a couple of years later, now with a smart phone, he seems a lot more grounded than a lot of other young people he interacts with.