Will you get your kids a cellphone,why or why not?

I would certainly give my kids a cellphone. Even though both of my children are grown up, I would certainly advice my children to give a cell phone to their children,because then you have a piece of mind, and can easily find out,if they are late in coming back as well as they can communicate with their group of friends for the studies.

I do not have kids yet, but I would get them a pre-paid cellphone with 200 minutes and any minutes that I don't pay for he/she cannot use talking to anyone but family or the police. They can save up for a new phone/ minutes, because when I have kids (if I do), I'm planning to give them some sort of allowance. Plus, they can earn money themselves. It would teach them how to manage money.

I got one for one of my daughters. I found out it is just for a show. and it is not good for that matter. so when the other daughter ask me to also buy one for her, I explained it's not that important. It undermines the social interaction because they are busy playing games or sending unnecessary messages. they don't want to be disturbed if you talk to them. To me, it's not needed to give them such gadget.

While my kids were in high school the cell phone thing for kids was just growing and growing. The deal I made with my kids was I would pay the start up fees and set them up with a cell phone account as soon as they got a job and could keep the regular costs up. It worked pretty well for the most part. That way they had an appreciation for it and didn't just take it for granted.

Hi beeduzhe, Welcome to myLot! I provided my son(who is 10 yrs old) with a cell phone so that he can easily get in touch with me when he needs something specially when he's in school, or in time of emergency. But his school doesn't allow any gadgets so it didn't serve the purpose(I mean my purpose). My son himself says he doesn't need it since he cannot bring it to school and they(the students) are allowed to use the school phone when they need to call their parents anyway. So maybe at his age he doesn't really need it yet. Now his cell phone has become everybody's cell phone at home, and he only uses it as an alarm clock to wake him up every morning. Knowing that he is such disciplined young man, when he gets older and more independent and asks for a new cell phone I know I will be willing to give him one, for my peace of mind.