the kid is 17 talking about "when i was growing up"You're obviously not in your 40's, remembering back to the days of the Casio calculator watch or the ubiquitous Swatch.
But otherwise, yeah, no chance my teens are getting these. I don't see a justification for my own purchase of one, never mind one for them. And I see a whole host of problems with it:
1. Parents having to deal with yet more tech support
2. Rules and regulations regarding testing in class and what digital devices can be on your person
3. Damage (kids have little understanding of the laws of gravity or motion)
4. Desperately not wanting to dress like their parents
Then again there will always be that subset of McMansion-living, Range Rover-driving families that insist their kids need one of these to keep up with the Joneses.
you don't foresee yourself buying a watch for your kid therefore parents that do are mcmansion/joneses types?