Kids and Cell Phones
June 28th, 2007 by tsullivanEach school year, it seems more and more kids head off to school toting cell phones. I imagine the old school pay phone (20 years later, I can still remember the calling card code I used daily!) will soon be going
the way of the dinosaur.
So of course, we’ve covered the trend with this piece on kids’ cell phone buying tips. I also found this video from the New York Times technology expert (these guys are always following our lead—it’s getting tiresome) pretty good. Good to see that the phone companies are coming up with just-for-kids phones so that we parents can benefit from the safety and convenience elements while still guarding against the always-plugged-in temptations that abound these days.
Tags: back to school shopping, cell phones
December 17th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
I think parents are getting phones for their kids way too early. I have an 8 year old and she tells me half her class has cell phones. Then I read on the internet that 35% of tweens (ages 8-12) have cell phones of their own. This is just too young. Why get them addicted to technology at such an early age? They have their whole life to be talking and texting. Let them just enjoy their childhood without all the technical gadgets.