Cell Phones For Kids Biography
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It’s no surprise that teens and tweens are just as addicted to cellphones as we are. They bring us the latest info from friends, school or work, keep our calendars, and keep us in constant touch with those we want to stay connected to. For this age group especially, the cellphone is their lifeline.
A recent report found half of teens surveyed say they can’t live longer than a week without their phones, and 36% said they check their phones at least once every 10 minutes. My own 12-year-old is a texting rock star, clocking in 2,500 per month compared to my 600 average.
But beyond how cellphone-crazy teens and tweens have become, there’s one side of the story that has been missing. Mobile phones may be inevitable, but when is the right time for parents to get a child their own mobile phone? Most experts agree there’s no single answer that’s right for every parent and every child.
Harris Interactive recently polled parents on what they thought was the most appropriate age for a child to receive their first phone. U.S. parents expressed a wide range of opinions on the subject. Twenty-two percent of parents said they thought 10 was the right age, while 43% of total answers fell within the 10 to 12 age range.
While just two or three years ago the decision dealt mostly with feature phones that mainly made phone calls, now you have to take into account the complexity of a smartphone. An Internet-enabled device with few parental controls brings a new set of parenting challenges into the decision.
Ultimately, whether a kid, tween or teen is ready for a phone of their own is a matter of that individual child’s maturity level, something only that child’s parents are in a position to determine.
While parents might feel a sense of security knowing they can contact their kids wherever they are, having a mobile phone might also give a child access to inappropriate or undesirable apps, the web and the less-than-wholesome intentions of other people, from bullying to worse. As a kid’s age increases, so does the gravity of certain phone safety pitfalls, like sexting or texting while driving.
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