How old was your child when they got a phone?

mine is 7months...just got his from grandpa 2 weeks ago. He loves games

1.5 years old.


Doesn’t have service and has her favorite dolls as the background.











Had an old iPhone laying around and it keeps her from dropping and breaking ours.

Plus, I wanted to be that guy.

I got my first one at 14 in 2008 before high school. That seems about the right age maturty/need wise to get one still today. I know parents are handing them out earlier and earlier but when the time comes for me to have kids I'll need to see some hard evidence that my child needs it before I hand one out any earlier than that. And even then I may do everything in my power to limit it to just calls and texts until they hit high school.

That phone was a Verizon Voyager so only calls and texts but I got my ipod touch (wifi only) in 10th grade so thats when I actually had pocket access to the internet/social media/etc.... First actual smart phone halfway through senior year (iphone 4s).

I’d say it varies for every child. If I were a parent, I would wait until I had enough trust in them to make the right decisions and for them to have a full understanding of how everything they send will follow them for the rest of their life.

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my child lives in the basement and is not allowed to have a phone or a computer.

My oldest is 7. Id say probably 12 or 13 since i have another kid. I think a kid can't watch a sibling until 12 or 13, so my kids will always be with us.

If they go to a friend's house, they are responsible for my kid and I'd know where they're at until old enough to have a cell.

I gave my daughters a black desktop model from the mid-70s. But it was a rotary. Enjoyed playing with it but it's almost too heavy for them to move around. They like to bang on it and make the bell ring inside.

7th grade, mainly cause oldest kid plays football and wanted/needed to be able to communicated, especially games since they had to ride the bus home. After that, only fair to do same for girls.