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is there any certain senarios that make giving a child a cell appropriate?
when did you let your kids have a cell or will you?
is there any certain senarios that make giving a child a cell appropriate?
i dont see the point in letting a kid have a cell before the age of 16. I dont know if DH and i will agree on it, but really, at 13,14,15 they should be undersome sort of parent supervision (or a parent within the house etc).
I agree for most cases a cell is just not needed. NOw I can get it if the child had a lot of after school activities or a job. but it would be strictly to call home not friends
I've decided to withhold any opinion on this matter until my kids are older. I want to say no phone before 16 but at the same time I can see where it may come in handy. I think this is one matter that will be handled on a case by case basis...lol
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Debralyn 10-21-02 and
Bubba (Logan) 3-19-07
I tend to agree 15-16 for daily use of the cell. Though there are always special situations like in the case of blended families that may not get along in an ideal way. In that case I may say 10-12. I say this because most homes dont have a "home" phone anymore. SO if the other parent has physical control of the cell phone the child couldnt use it. DD had an Amigo cell phone briefly when she was 4ish. Though the story we got was "mommy put it in her big bag" so DD was too young for it to work.
Married since '05, DD age 6, Havoc 3
“You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back.” -William D. Tammeus
I am not sure on this one either. I have always said that when they have a car, but I just don't know. What happens when she is in 9th grade and her friend's older sibling drives them home from school. Do I trust that kid to have a fully-charged cell phone in case of emergency? I don't know. Or, do I not let her ride with that kid, even though I may have known them and the parents for years? Or what about when she is in middle school and wants to know if she can spend the night at her friend's house that night? That happened to me a million times in middle school, and we used the payphone at school to call our parents to see if we could ride home with so-and-so....but guess what? There aren't pay phones in the schools anymore. I just don't know.
My kids will have one before we go to Disneyland this summer.
My daughter is 9 years old and thinks it would be a great idea to have one. I think the only reason she wants one is because her best friend (who is 10) has one. Mark and I have told her when she is able to pay for the phone herself (15-16 years old) she can get one. The only way she would get a phone is for safety reasons only.
Ok... we broke down a bought our daughter one recently. So far it has been not much of a problem. About half of her friends have them (I think).
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