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re: What age are kids getting cell phones these days?

Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:15 pm to
Posted by TheIndulger
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:15 pm to
That's what I thought. I got mine at 17.. I think it's because the parents become dependent on their smart phones and start to think you cant function without them, and that their kids need them
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61266 posts
Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:16 pm to
Since everyone is so rich and the family lives are so great, just give it to them at age 6.

People are so stupid. Even the poor who claim they live pay check to pay check and have trouble feeding their family all have smart phones.

It's kind of one of those rights, like big homes, new cars, 60 inch tvs and full cable package, nails and hair done every other week, and of course eating out 4 times a week.
Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:16 pm to
I gone mine as a sophomore, in 1998. I'd put the dope emote here, but it ISNT WORKING.
Posted by auzach91
Marietta, GA
Member since Jan 2009
41225 posts
Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:17 pm to
Work at an elementary school. 1st graders have em and pretty much every 3rd grader has em.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
37470 posts
Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:17 pm to
I got my first cell when I was 22, my son got his at nine. Amazing how fast they became a necessity.
Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:19 pm to
How fricking old are you now?
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:19 pm to
I got my first cell phone at 15. It was a Motorola bag phone
Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:20 pm to
I was 15 when I got mine and it wasn't far from the bag phone.
Posted by TheIndulger
Member since Sep 2011
19305 posts
Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:21 pm to
Why so intense ?
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
37470 posts
Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:21 pm to
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How fricking old are you now?

35. I resisted getting one for a while, but then I started needing one for work.
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:24 pm to
Got my Nokia brick in 11th grade when I got a job.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:26 pm to
It was 1990. I had just gotten my drivers license
Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:26 pm to
I was thinking you were 22 when everyone started getting them, rather than waiting.
Posted by dawgfan1979
Red hills of Jawja
Member since Jul 2010
6431 posts
Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:30 pm to
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35. I resisted getting one for a while, but then I started needing one for work.


Im the same age, I got my first cell phone at 20.

Ericcson from bellsouth mobility
Posted by Harry Caray
Denial
Member since Aug 2009
20094 posts
Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:30 pm to
Got my first one when I was 15 (21 now). I didn't really need one before (but boy did I want one), but I could see kids needing to contact their parents after school or something at a younger age. Starting middle school makes sense.
This post was edited on 5/9/14 at 6:31 pm
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
37470 posts
Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:30 pm to
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I was thinking you were 22 when everyone started getting them, rather than waiting.


I was the last guy I knew with a pager.
Posted by tigersownall
Thibodaux
Member since Sep 2011
16637 posts
Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:32 pm to
This is ridiculous. I didn't have a phone till I was 15 or 16. And its not because the folks were strict. I just had no desire for one. Social skills are flying out the window at an alarming rate.
Posted by LSU316
Rice and Easy Baby!!!
Member since Nov 2007
30232 posts
Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:34 pm to
My daughter is 2 she has one......by leapfrog.
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:34 pm to
Pretty sure my nephew had one about 7 and is 10 now and has had a 4s iphone for about a year now at least
Posted by dawgfan1979
Red hills of Jawja
Member since Jul 2010
6431 posts
Posted on 5/9/14 at 6:35 pm to
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Social skills are flying out the window at an alarming rate.



And fitness. So many kids are staying indoors on their cellphones playing games instead of riding bikes and playing "hide and so seek"
This post was edited on 5/9/14 at 6:36 pm
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