Did you have an alarm clock when you were young (elementary school age)? [View All]

[Nikia]

The other day, I posted in the "What way are you weird thread?" I had posted about setting my alarm clock for times other than top and bottom of the hour. I had a further discussion in real life with my husband and a friend.
I had mentioned my post to my friend and said that intially my mother set my alarm clock and that it took a while to set my own because she had never shown me how to do it and I couldn't figure it out at first. He thought it was funny that I couldn't figure it out by myself until I mentioned that I got my first alarm clock in first grade and was expected to awake with it. He thought that was weird because he didn't have one until high school. his parents had always awoken him for school before that. My husband, who was there, said that he didn't have an alarm clock until high school. They thought that their situation was more typical than mine.
What about you? When did you start using an alarm clock? I just wonder if my situation was unusual or their situation was or if both situations are common.