At what age is it "necessary" or wise to get a child a cell phone? Is there a

Nov 26, 2014
9:37:22am

Banjo Blues

consensus on this? Is there a custom or anything? What rules should accompany said cell phone for a minor? This is new frontier for me.

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At what age is it "necessary" or wise to get a child a cell phone? Is there a

Banjo Blues

11/26/14 9:37am

The first question is "Are they homeschooled?"

Indy Coug

11/26/14 9:38am

Our rule...8th or 9th grade if they have after school activities and they need

Fdnman

11/26/14 9:38am

Popular age seems to be 12 or 16

canadiancougar624

11/26/14 9:39am

Jr High / Middle School

Crush4

11/26/14 9:39am

we did 12. when they get into Jr high, nearly everyone has a phone.

johnnycarson

11/26/14 9:39am

BlueFrog

11/26/14 9:39am

Jr. High. And Check out Republic Wireless.

BYUtka

11/26/14 9:40am

I got my first cell phone on my mission.

rggee

11/26/14 9:41am

Meh. I out of college and married before I got my first cell phone

BlueFrog

11/26/14 9:42am

Only when their safety is dependent on it.

BlackBart

11/26/14 9:41am

I give them texting phones with no data only.

Fdnman

11/26/14 9:43am

Good call. This is what I'll do next.

BlackBart

11/26/14 9:44am

Samsung Intensity III is what we have found the best on Verizon...

Fdnman

11/26/14 9:48am

For example: get a $30 Tmobile phone, then buy 1k min. for $100 that last a year

Don't Muff It

11/26/14 9:49am

We got our son and daughter phones at around 13. Depends on activities and such

Bobby Dooley

11/26/14 9:42am

MAJOR point I try to instill...the phone is for MY convenience, not theirs

Fdnman

11/26/14 9:42am

Bingo

BlackBart

11/26/14 9:43am

Cell Phone or Smart Phone?

2FarGone

11/26/14 9:42am

no way on the smart phone

gwill

11/26/14 10:31am

My kids aren't old enough yet, but I plan on starting off with "burner" phones..

shoganai

11/26/14 9:43am

Raising them to be Sons with the burner?

BlackBart

11/26/14 9:43am

When they start leaving the house on a regular basis and you have to coordinate

kccougar

11/26/14 9:43am

When they can pay for it themselves, my kids can have one.

CrackerJack

11/26/14 9:44am

I already want to get one for my kindergartner.

Byron McNertney

11/26/14 9:46am

We make them wait until age 14, but my son is 15 and doesn't want one.

coug'sdad

11/26/14 9:46am

When my kids got to the age that they started to frequently go to friends' house

StantonMac

11/26/14 9:57am

Our youngest didn't get one until she was a Sr. in H.S. Obviously out of the

Zenoch

11/26/14 10:06am

At our house, it was when they started dating.

rockhound

11/26/14 10:09am

Thanks for all the responses. A lot of good ideas on here.

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