Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
Ok I am going to bite: You ARE crazy! 
I understand where you are coming from but honestly with your knowledge about ECE (CONGRATULATIONS btw for all your achievements! You should be VERY proud! 
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..... but you, more than anyone, should know that it isn't about what she does or doesn't need in regards to things like this but how many other things could or can be done with that kind of money.
Why not make a memory?
take her on a trip
enroll her in a class (music, painting, gymnastics)
save for college (since daycare is a scary unstable field)
get her a puppy or a kitten
have her donate money and or time to someone less fortunate
ect ect etc.....
......anything that could give your daughter so much more than a few minutes or hours of fun! (FWIW~ Angry Birds just makes you angry 
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Ok... I am done. I have my opinions but that is all I am going to say. 
I completely agree.
But, we're a conservative, young (I'm in my early 20s and my husband is nearly 30), Christian family who values humility and service to others. Not to say that we don't have our moments where we would
like to go above and beyond gift-wise for our child (adopting a child who comes from a neglected/abused past makes you want to provide for them above and beyond), but we don't. Our teenager does not have a cell phone. He just recently was given a used iPod Touch for his birthday in order to communicate with us when we're out of the house (via text messages on an app).
I suppose everything, not just the iPhone, that she is given comes down to what you want her to ultimately value .