Do you think children should have a cell phone?

Yes I think they have to. Not only when they go out, but just because it's a way of communication. I would use some limited program for my kid to avoid huge bills.

hi friend, I think the children should cell phone with them when they go out. The childrens should cell phones for 10 and above age childrens maintain a cell phone.But below 10 years age children should not carry the cell phones. When childrens go out we can make call emergency. have a good day.

I do think that it is a good idea for children to carry a phone with them as that way if they need help or if they are in trouble then they can get intouch with someone for help.I also think that it is a good idea so that the parents can get in contact with their child to find out where they are aswell as to tell them to making their way home.

Hi Java09, My children are now grown-ups. Cellphones were not as known as they were during the time when they were in their younger school days. Even if they were available already at that time, I didn't have one myself because they were expensive when they came out in the market. I would not want young children to have cellphones. It is even risky for adults to carry cellphones visibly while walking or in a public transport, how much more for younger children. I won't.

Only if your child is responsible, yes. Responsible- showing a high level of maturity and "can handle-ness" for their respective age. Age 7 seems appropriate for some reason.

I think they should, I wouldn't say a 9 or a 10 year old as they never out of out site but when my son was 13 I gave him a phone. He went to a school that wasn't close to home so I thought was best for him to be able to contact me if he needed. But only in cases like that, before that they are always with you or with some responsible adult so I don't see the need for having one.

Generally, I do not think children should have cell phones. If they are properly supervised and watched over, they will always have the watchful eye of a responsible adult and should not need a phone. I don't think a child should have access to those phones until they are able to work and pay for it themselves. Before then, it becomes a social device--they will be texting in class, chatting when they should be concentrating on walking, studying or some other activity that they need to pay attention to. I saw a video on YouTube of a young girl talking on a cell phone who was paying no attention to where she was going and she fell into a sewer access hole. She could have been killed! I do not believe children should have cell phones. My boys begged for them as teens and they got them only after they graduated from high school.

Nowdays,cekk phone is one of our requirement but for children,I don't r eally agree that they should have a cell phone.But,if parents think that need to give them,maybe we should be believe that they can be trusted and make the commitment.And it just for children was 14 years old.

Children should not been allowed to have cell phones. When they are teenagers, then perhaps there could be an argument to allow them to have a cell phone. However thirteen or younger, I doubt many of them handle the responsibility to be handle to use a cell phone. I know I would never have been able to if I was allowed on eat that age and I was a bit more mature for my age than most. It does floor me that children are worried about having a cell phone at younger and younger ages. When I was younger, I could really not care at all about having a cell phone. True, they were not as prominent as they are now when I was younger, but my point still stands. When I see younger children, I'm talking about third or fourth grade, maybe younger, talking on a cell phone, something unsettles me. Children are growing up faster than ever and that is not necessarily a good thing a lot of the time.

I don't think children should have a cell phone. when they reach 16 years then they should have cell phone. cell phone is bad for health also. So they should not have. But if they go far away then may be some times they need. But i hardly think they should not prefer.

I think children of a certain age and maturity should have a cell phone. My daughter is 11 and has had a cell phone for 5 months. She has been very responsible with it and has limited minutes. She has no texting and cannot connect to the web. She likes to take pictures with it and I like to see what she was doing while away from me. I check her phone frequently and see who has been calling her and who she has called.Its very useful for us to keep in contact with each other while she is staying at school for activities,going to a friends, and especially while going to summer camp.I do not think younger children should have phones.

hi! I think children must have some mobile phones, but not an expensive one, because there are different kind of people on the street and they can get some quarreling with some thief or some other kids. there are very proper phones for kids, with which they can only call their parents and are very cheap, too!

I think it depends on the age and maturity level of the child. My daughter, who is ten, doesn't have a cell phone and doesn't have the need for one. I always know where she is and she can use my phone if she wants to call a friend. My son, though, has had a cell phone since he was 13 because he is involved in a lot of sports and after school activities. It was just easier for him to call us to let us know when practice was over or if he was going to get a ride home from a friend's parent.