Yes, you can still get a flip phone. Here's why it was the ideal first phone for my 10-year-old.

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Driving as fast as I could without going over the speed limit in a residential zone, I turned down the long driveway that led to my daughter's middle school and immediately zeroed in on her small frame wandering around the parking lot, alone. Even though I was a considerable distance away, I knew it was her, the way every mother knows the gait of their child.