Age for a kid to have cell phone

Waiting2exhale
Sun, 15 May 2016 04:10:27 +0000

My two oldest got cellphones when they began traveling across the country to visit colleges without an adult. So, 11th grade for one, and 12th for the other.

They were without a doubt the only kids in their classes (private) not to have cellphones. As @doschicos said, my kids were never in a position where they were unsupervised, so I saw no reason to rush into anything. I made it through by reaching out to the next person if there was a need, and so, too, could they.

Recently, my 12th grader commented to me that she supposes she is a “little” different from her friends regarding social media and that intense addiction they can all have because she did not have a cellphone until just about now.

We also play board games at my house, though less and less this second half of the year.

Question for the commenter way up-thread: What would a ‘101’ be?