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What age should a child be handed a cell phone?
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:00 pm
I keep seeing kids younger and younger with phones. My wife and I agreed that our kids won't have their first phone until they are 16 and have their own job to pay for it. I think phones are a bad idea for kids.
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Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:01 pm to CatsGoneWild
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first phone until they are 16 and have their own job to pay for it. I think phones are a bad idea for kids
Poor kids.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:02 pm to CatsGoneWild
My daughter won't have one until she is 14 says the internet tough guy.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:03 pm to CatsGoneWild
when they learn not to point it at people
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:03 pm to CatsGoneWild
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wife and I agreed that our kids won't have their first phone until they are 16 and have their own job to pay for it.
Check back in when your kids are 13 and every other kid already has a phone and let us know how your stance is holding up.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:03 pm to CatsGoneWild
I hand my 3 yo my phone to talk to his grandparents and look at pictures.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:04 pm to CatsGoneWild
15
Its the age i got one
Its the age i got one
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:05 pm to goldennugget
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15
Its the age i got one
quote:ringing endorsement
goldennugget
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:05 pm to East Coast Band
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Check back in when your kids are 13 and every other kid already has a phone and let us know how your stance is holding up.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:05 pm to goldennugget
Grade 8 or so seems to work. And ya it's an old beater phone not an iPhone 7..
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:05 pm to goldennugget
My 11 year old has one. We don't have a house phone and he gets off the bus and is alone for 30 minutes or so a day. So far he's been really responsible with his own iphone.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:06 pm to CatsGoneWild
Nokia 12-16. Smart phone when they get a license.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:06 pm to OWLFAN86
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when they learn not to point it at people
Subtle
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:06 pm to CatsGoneWild
Whenever you're ready for her to send nudes to boys.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:07 pm to CatsGoneWild
Kid needs a cellphone around 11 or 12. After school activities and summer league travels etc. 6th or 7th grade is the appropriate age. It doesn't have to be a 700.00 + device.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:07 pm to Esquire
Youngsters with expensive phones makes no sense to me
Go ahead and trust them with a $750 iPhone, good one
Go ahead and trust them with a $750 iPhone, good one
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:08 pm to CatsGoneWild
Let me know how that works out for you.
Both of my kids were given cell phones when their activities after school required me to rely on other people getting them home. I wanted to know where they were and if they were getting to the places they needed to go.
For my kids that was around 6th-7th grade.
Both of my kids were given cell phones when their activities after school required me to rely on other people getting them home. I wanted to know where they were and if they were getting to the places they needed to go.
For my kids that was around 6th-7th grade.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:08 pm to CatsGoneWild
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What age should a child be handed a cell phone?
It's not a question of age, it's a question of necessity
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:09 pm to CatsGoneWild
When they can buy alcohol.
Edit:
Legally.
Edit:
Legally.
This post was edited on 2/19/17 at 7:10 pm
Posted on 2/19/17 at 7:10 pm to The Boat
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Whenever you're ready for her to send nudes to boys.
Pretty much :-/ it seems impossible to prevent, no matter how many times you warn them & use parental controls. They find a way.
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