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

“We can’t expect our kids to think or act like an adult when we hand them over a cell phone, with untethered access to everything.”

Left: Ground Picture/Shutterstock; Right: Courtesy of Kaylee Low

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.