Kids may start nagging their parents about having cell phones as early as age 10, with a host of creative scenarios in hand to back up their case:
“What if I get lost in the mall and have to call you to find you?”
“What if school gets let out early and you have to come pick me up?”
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If not for any of those reasons, there is the classic:
“But all my friends have cell phones.”
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While children will likely eventually reach the age when they will be allowed to have a phone of their own, how young is too young?
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