If I get my kid a phone, I'll be able to keep in touch with them all the time.

We'll be on it all the time.

He could walk to school by himself. She could see something, she shouldn't. He could chat with grandma. Friends, trolls. They can access anything on the internet. They can access anything on the internet. So, should I give my kid a phone? Growing up with phones isn't always easy. Introducing EEE safer Sims. Sims that help moderate usage and shield harmful content on any smartphone.

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network. To verify best network see EE.com.ukuk slash claims. Welcome to the moth. I'm Sarah

Austin Janice. Summer has us thinking about travel, about vacations,

beach trips, barbecues and picnics, starry nights in the great outdoors and exploring other countries.

I'm also thinking about what makes travel special. It's not just about the places you visit,

but the people you visit and the people you travel with. It's not just about the places you visit, but the people you visit and the people

you travel with. So in this episode, two stories about trips and sojourns in which the meaning

and memories are made because of friends and family. Caroline Connolly is our first storyteller.

She told this at a Boston Grand Slam, the show that's filled with past winners of our open mic story slams.

Here's Caroline, live at the Moth.

I spent the summer of my freshman year in college living with my then 75-year-old grandmother in Boca Raton, Florida.

If you don't know Boca Raton, it is a place with a lot of 75-year-old grandmother in Boca Raton, Florida. If you don't know Boca Raton, it is a place with a lot of 75-year-olds. That's what my grandmother told me when I called to ask if I could stay with her while I was interning at a company nearby.

Now, my grandmother goes by Lala in our family because we couldn't pronounce

Abuela when we were little, and she is the ultimate Cuban matriarch a fourth grade

teacher who raised four kids some of her nine grandkids and never left the house

without lipstick earrings and should you ever need it at least five packets of

Splenda in her purse it's worth noting that Lala is begrudgingly a diabetic.

And by begrudgingly, I mean, she just doesn't feel like being one.

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