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

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WNCTiger

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Ilk say this. Us, the parents, might be the main reason. We are so busy, it's much better having a method of constant contact with my kids. But you keep using the term "cellphone". I wanted mine to have a smartphone. They need the alarm clock, calendar, calculator,and many of the apps...it's a different world and they need to learn things we didn't. My daughter is from a previous marriage. When she is with her mom, I Skype with her nightly, eliminating the need to contact her thru her mother...and the same goes when she is with me.
I also do not keep a home phone anymore.
Here's my question or point. Times change. We had things our parents didn't and we also had the earlier than our parents.
Texting is a tremendous help with the kids as well. One quick group text and everyone is on the same page.
All parents involved have access to the phones and any passwords.
Contrary to the stigma, both of my kids are extremely active in sports, they don't sit around playing on the phone. They do have the phone to communicate changes, pickups, etc. They both go to a top school and were more than ready to operate the device.
I haven't had a negative issue yet and have gained many benefits from them having the devices.

@ 7 my kid got their first iphone

I can not possibly fathom leaving your children

It takes a special kind of woman to do so

Got my first phone in 10th grade. Freaked the frick out when I got my 1st text message my 2nd year of college.

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ell phones now are probably cheaper than adding a second line was back then

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You were spoiled to have your own landline.

I got mine when I was 18 and rocked a pager before that.

I didn't get one till I was 21 years old. My boys aren't getting one till they start mowing the damn grass.

I look at my phone far far too often. No way I'm getting my kids hooked on these devices. We don't know enough about how it affects development.

I will seriously take this whole show to the hills before I give in on stuff like this.

Kids next door both have them. She's in kindergarten and he's 3. Unbelievable.

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Kids next door both have them. She's in kindergarten and he's 3. Unbelievable.

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Yeah, that's dumb but, I would imagine that's for the games and not at all fir the talking. My daughter had an iPod when she was in 2nd. It was stolen from a swim meet last summer and a new one was 400 or I could get the exact same thing except with a signal (iphone) for $1 and $10 per month. No brainer!