He Was the Only Kid in Class Without a Cell Phone, Years Later He Thanks His Parents

A ninth grader who has been without a cell phone since the fourth grade is now thanking his parents, after five years of freedom from screens and the dangers of untethered access to the internet. Kaylee Low, a former registered nurse and full-time mom, and her husband, Mike Low, a lawyer, have been married for 18 years and have four children together, two sons and two daughters. The family lives in Alberta, Canada. When their oldest son, now aged 14, started asking for a cell phone back in the fourth grade, they both said no. The couple with their four children. (Courtesy of Kaylee Low) Kaylee Low, a former registered nurse, and Mike Low, a lawyer. The couple believes that having healthy relationships with kids is a must to help guide them effectively. (Courtesy of Kaylee Low) Not the Right Time “He was really noticing his peers getting smartphones,” Mrs. Low told The Epoch Times. “But due to the experiences of people that we knew, we weren’t naïve to the fact that a cell phone would increase the risk of exposure to pornography, and other risks, and so we just kind of had this gut feeling that it wasn’t the right timing.”...