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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

That children should be given a mobile phone?

My brother has just bought his 11 year old a phone which I think is far too young?

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

My ex husband got my kids mobiles at the age of 10 ... just to piss me off , it worked!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My 10 year old has friends with one. Way too young. Think I'm going to have to get one when in secondary school in sept next year for safety (I don't let him out alone yet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"That children should be given a mobile phone?

My brother has just bought his 11 year old a phone which I think is far too young?"

Iv seen kids younger than that with them!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My ex brought my youngest one at 5. The others were at secondary school before they got one.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What is one of them things?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We have my daughter her first phone when she was nine.

But that was because we gave her the freedom to go out and play with her friends in the nearby housing estates.

Whilst she wasn't far away from us it gave her the confidence to be able to go out, be a kid and to always be in touch if she ever needed it.

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

I think it depends on what sort of phone and why.

Ours had the most basic pay-as-you-go ones when they switched to whatever 'big' school is called nowadays. Just so they had more independence and we didn't worry. We resisted smart-phones for as long as possible.

Mr ddc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think it depends on what sort of phone and why.

Mr ddc"

this is my plan!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Surely a cheap phone with the home/your mobiles saved in it is an excellent safety net to have should they ever be caught out somewhere and need you.

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By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

a phone for a phones sake...when they are old enough to go out with mates on their own..

extra credit..work for it..

smart phone..let them buy their own, by working for it..and let them buy their own credit too..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

when kids are old enough to go out alone I feel a mobile is a good idea

of course we all have our own opinions of what age is old enough to be out alone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?"

Did they have cars when you were a kid?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When they are responsible enough to not do stupid stuff on them. Some adults can't be trusted with a phone

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By *urvymamaWoman
over a year ago

Doncaster

I got one the day I started secondary school at 11

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why all the hate for smartphones?

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

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"Why all the hate for smartphones?"

Could be more expensive to lose

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why all the hate for smartphones?"

3 of my grandchildren have iPhones. It's the smart stuff on them they want them for.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You can get a smartphone for less than 40quid

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

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"When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?"

I have always thought as much as they are convenient at times they are a curse for lots of reasons...but, it is normal life now to have them.

Mine were around 13 to 14 when they got theirs ( many moons ago )They were only just getting popular then, if they were popular earlier then I would have probably let them have a basic one when they went to the big school

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

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"When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?

I have always thought as much as they are convenient at times they are a curse for lots of reasons...but, it is normal life now to have them.

Saying that, there was no smart phones then anyway

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By *tretchygirl and tintinWoman
over a year ago

Dartford

My first phone was a 16th birthday present

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?

Did they have cars when you were a kid?"
Surprisingly they did have cars when I was a child?

The point was most of my friends lived locally and phones would have been somewhat immaterial

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

"Why all the hate for smartphones?"

They can be incredibly additive, and most lack the most basic parental controls that you can put on your computer/laptop

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My son got one at 11 but it was for safety and because he has to be a latch key kid sometimes, he's sensible and texts me whenever he's going to be late at school etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why all the hate for smartphones?

They can be incredibly additive, and most lack the most basic parental controls that you can put on your computer/laptop"

Err they all contain the same parental controls as your pc plus network operator parental controls. (Remember how many people here complain about those)

Windows, android, and iPhone have them inbuilt controls.

I don't really buy the "adictive" thing it's just you use them for more things so spend more time on them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My eldest got his at 11 for when he started secondary school x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kids that age should be given old Nokias that don't have photo sexting capabilities. Plus they get to play Snake

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

Err they all contain the same parental controls as your pc plus network operator parental controls. (Remember how many people here complain about those)

Windows, android, and iPhone have them inbuilt controls.

Certainly the Huawei Android phones don't. You can have controls via the mobile operator, but once they go on via wifi, you're at the mercy of how computer-savvy their friends' parents are when they set up their internet access.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"That children should be given a mobile phone?

My brother has just bought his 11 year old a phone which I think is far too young?"

Secondary school is fine. They all have one.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I got one the day I started secondary school at 11 "

In 1996?

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

When almost ready to leave school, unless they need a temporary one beforehand for emergency use.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I think our son had his first phone when he was about 8, a doting aunt and uncle bought it for him I don't think he ever used it. Both kids had one in primary school i think and we never had any issues or problems. Our biggest problem was our daughter using the net and making the phone unavailable, we used to unplug the phone after an hour

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"I got one the day I started secondary school at 11

In 1996?"

I think that's about when I got my first one although I remember seeing a guy with a mobile phone in 1987, I think. He had a battery pack in a shoulder bag and it was really big.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I got one the day I started secondary school at 11

In 1996?

I think that's about when I got my first one although I remember seeing a guy with a mobile phone in 1987, I think. He had a battery pack in a shoulder bag and it was really big. "

Our gp came out to one of the kids in around 1992 and his mobile phone pack was bigger than his medical bag.

it took my mind right off the ill child.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I got one the day I started secondary school at 11

In 1996?

I think that's about when I got my first one although I remember seeing a guy with a mobile phone in 1987, I think. He had a battery pack in a shoulder bag and it was really big. "

They've been around since the late 70/80's, mostly business men had them - horrible car ones too.

I had pagers in the mid to late 90s. Awkward time consuming things.

Was just surprised you had one in 1996 especially so young, as the general public didn't really catch on with them until the payg became widely available 1999 onwards

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

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Mine had them in 97

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"That children should be given a mobile phone?

My brother has just bought his 11 year old a phone which I think is far too young?"

I'd say from about 8 is right, especially if they've started playing out. That's when my son was given the responsibility of his own

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?

Did they have cars when you were a kid? Surprisingly they did have cars when I was a child?

The point was most of my friends lived locally and phones would have been somewhat immaterial

You didn't spend hours in a smelly phone box ringing your mates?

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By *lle adie 2Woman
over a year ago

newcastle upon tyne

Well my son is 22 and still doesn't text so waste of time having one really

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My daughters friends had one at 7 shes one of only a few no ft tohave one. not getting one till shes 11. i had one at 11 x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

ish high school anyroad...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?

Did they have cars when you were a kid? Surprisingly they did have cars when I was a child?

The point was most of my friends lived locally and phones would have been somewhat immaterial

You didn't spend hours in a smelly phone box ringing your mates? "
I was brought up on the largest council estate in Manchester. House phones would have got you burgled!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?

Did they have cars when you were a kid? Surprisingly they did have cars when I was a child?

The point was most of my friends lived locally and phones would have been somewhat immaterial

You didn't spend hours in a smelly phone box ringing your mates? I was brought up on the largest council estate in Manchester. House phones would have got you burgled!!"

I lived on a council estate everyone I knew had a house phone. I must have been on a posh council estate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?

Did they have cars when you were a kid? Surprisingly they did have cars when I was a child?

The point was most of my friends lived locally and phones would have been somewhat immaterial

You didn't spend hours in a smelly phone box ringing your mates? I was brought up on the largest council estate in Manchester. House phones would have got you burgled!!

I lived on a council estate everyone I knew had a house phone. I must have been on a posh council estate

I lived and still live in the largest council estate by population in England,we never got burgled.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?

Did they have cars when you were a kid? Surprisingly they did have cars when I was a child?

The point was most of my friends lived locally and phones would have been somewhat immaterial

You didn't spend hours in a smelly phone box ringing your mates? I was brought up on the largest council estate in Manchester. House phones would have got you burgled!!

I lived on a council estate everyone I knew had a house phone. I must have been on a posh council estate

We got a phone in 1966 or 67 when my dad started his business and we lived on a council estate. People used to knock to use it and bring fourpence to pay

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?

Did they have cars when you were a kid? Surprisingly they did have cars when I was a child?

The point was most of my friends lived locally and phones would have been somewhat immaterial

You didn't spend hours in a smelly phone box ringing your mates? I was brought up on the largest council estate in Manchester. House phones would have got you burgled!!

I lived on a council estate everyone I knew had a house phone. I must have been on a posh council estate

We got a phone in 1966 or 67 when my dad started his business and we lived on a council estate. People used to knock to use it and bring fourpence to pay

I can remember not having a phone,it was lovely. I panic when I leave my phone at home in case something happens. How did we manage before mobiles?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?

Did they have cars when you were a kid? Surprisingly they did have cars when I was a child?

The point was most of my friends lived locally and phones would have been somewhat immaterial

You didn't spend hours in a smelly phone box ringing your mates? I was brought up on the largest council estate in Manchester. House phones would have got you burgled!!

I lived on a council estate everyone I knew had a house phone. I must have been on a posh council estate

We got a phone in 1966 or 67 when my dad started his business and we lived on a council estate. People used to knock to use it and bring fourpence to pay

I can remember not having a phone,it was lovely. I panic when I leave my phone at home in case something happens. How did we manage before mobiles? "

No idea

Things change, life moves on and we live in the world as it is not as it was.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?

Did they have cars when you were a kid? Surprisingly they did have cars when I was a child?

The point was most of my friends lived locally and phones would have been somewhat immaterial

You didn't spend hours in a smelly phone box ringing your mates? I was brought up on the largest council estate in Manchester. House phones would have got you burgled!!

I lived on a council estate everyone I knew had a house phone. I must have been on a posh council estate

We got a phone in 1966 or 67 when my dad started his business and we lived on a council estate. People used to knock to use it and bring fourpence to pay

I can remember not having a phone,it was lovely. I panic when I leave my phone at home in case something happens. How did we manage before mobiles?

No idea

Things change, life moves on and we live in the world as it is not as it was."

I don't like change. Too many people,too many cars. Bring back the horse and cart!!

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

Chams or Socials

A smartphone in a child's hands is lethal. I found out the hard way. 13 is way too young for some of these social sites.

If they're that desperate for a phone they can have 1 that does notconnect to the internet until they can prove they can be trusted.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"A smartphone in a child's hands is lethal. I found out the hard way. 13 is way too young for some of these social sites.

If they're that desperate for a phone they can have 1 that does notconnect to the internet until they can prove they can be trusted. "

Don't they have parental controls?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"When I was a kid my mates lived within walking distance and if we wanted to chat we "called" for each other.

I just don't get it?

Did they have cars when you were a kid? Surprisingly they did have cars when I was a child?

The point was most of my friends lived locally and phones would have been somewhat immaterial

You didn't spend hours in a smelly phone box ringing your mates? I was brought up on the largest council estate in Manchester. House phones would have got you burgled!!

I lived on a council estate everyone I knew had a house phone. I must have been on a posh council estate

We got a phone in 1966 or 67 when my dad started his business and we lived on a council estate. People used to knock to use it and bring fourpence to pay

I can remember not having a phone,it was lovely. I panic when I leave my phone at home in case something happens. How did we manage before mobiles?

No idea

Things change, life moves on and we live in the world as it is not as it was.

I don't like change. Too many people,too many cars. Bring back the horse and cart!!

doesn't half make the morning commute slow.

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