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Moms Talk: Cell Phone Use

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Cell phones are becoming more and more popular with younger kids these days. There are many reasons parents decide to get a child a cell phone.

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Working parents may feel more comfortable knowing their child can reach them in an emergency, such as being locked out of the house, injury or a loss of electricity when your landline phone may not work.

Others may like the convenience of not having to wait at ball practice, tutoring or other after-school activities that may be running late. But let's be honest, kids just want to have fun! They want to text and play games and surf the Internet, and they want a cool phone on which to do it.

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So at what age does a cell phone become a "need" versus a "want"?


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