My 13 year neice has a cellphone

Hi blue, 13 years is not an age to posses a cell phone. But who cares? Life went just the same way even when there was no mobile phone or landline. Today you just can not imagine yourself without your cell phone. For your niece how she handles the cell phone is not a big issue, what is more important is if she maintains her studies and normal schedule of school. I have seen girls/boys of 10 using mobile phone. Now the controlling key is on the hands of the parents.

Thirteen years old is not the most absurd age I have seen. I have had seen many ten or younger having a cell phone. My mind continues to get blown every time I see someone. Really teenagers, anyone under eighteen really is pushing it, but if they can handle it, then I suppose its okay. Yet, there are very few reasons, well very few valid reasons why someone so young should have access to a cell phone. I don't know, maybe the world has finally passed me by. Perhaps I have gotten out of date and very out of touch for the youth of the world. Yet if that's what's in touch, then I am perfectly content with being very out of touch. Children don't just be children anymore, they rush to be miniature adults and that does open up a pandora's box of terror, with all of the bad things that could come out of people maturing too fast. Still cell phone users are getting younger and younger, much to my everlasting agitation.

i definitely won't give my child a cell phone at such a young age... it is just too young to have a cell phone... i only have my first cell phone when i was 19 years old and it is also a very old and used one handed down from my elder brother... 13 years old is just simply too young to own a cell phone and she doesn't need it yet... take care and have a nice day...

I think there are advantages and disadvantages for children to have cellphones. It depends on how they use it. In fact I tend to let the children to have cellphones because at least they can contact us if there is an emergency. And we can know where they are. It will make me worried if I haven't seen my child go home on time. I love China

hello blue, That's the problem with young teens,they don't know the rules and always break promises when they were given for their wishes. My kids are not addicted to texting ...but addicted to internet,online games and what more with facebook. One thing,they don't listen but they even think bad when we are talking to them or we can say something that they don't like. Ugh kids...sweet but sometime a headache

I personally had a cell phone too when i was 13 years old. But you are right, giving cell phone to kids, parents need to make sure to oversee their usage and make sure they do not abuse it. Furthermore, they should know the purpose of having a phone is to allow children to contact their parents should there be any emergency. My brother, is currently 10 years old and my parents gave him a iphone when he was only 7 years old. this is think is really too young to carry a cellphone. he only knows how to play with it the whole day.

I know what you mean. My daughter just had to have a cell phone when she was younger and it only made her worse. Now she is addicted to the stupid thing. I tried to set the rules but she didn't ever abide by them.

oh that is nothing! my youngest daughter goes to a jk-8 school (junior kindergarden which equals preschool i guess) anyways, its nothing to see 6 year olds running around with cell phones. also, my 8 year old niece has an ipad! plus most of my daughter's friends (she is grade 8) have their own laptops and some even have blackberrys. really? i mean why do they need this stuff?

This is another reason why I will not get my kids a cell til they are much older and responsible. Even better old enough to hold down a job to pay that bill as well. I know I hear that same line that "everyone has one" about getting my 8yo an Ipod but she's pretty irresponsible with her things. We'll see, as I don't need any more reasons to argue with them.

Dearra would have gotten one at age 12, but when she was 11 1/2, her dad dropped his into the pool, and since we were getting one anyway, she got hers. She really hasn't gone over her hours or her text limit, and she doesn't use it when she shouldn't, thank goodness. We wanted her to have it because after school she walked from the middle school over to day care, and now she takes the bus home. So if there's an emergency she can call us.

My son is 14 and he would like to have a cell phone to text his friends. I said no. I really don't think he would use it much anyway, because he is a kid that is always outside-not inside chatting with his friends on Facebook...so he probably wouldn't test either. It doesn't matter, he's not getting one for a few years anyway....maybe when he can pay for it.

Kids are different those days. My mom is a very old fashioned person, but I had the only piercing I have at 13, she understood that things are different that used to be when she was a young girl. I guess is not a big deal, could be somewhat risky if she doesn't know how to use it, but if her parents teach her about risky possibilites she probably could being interested on not having a problem. Her parents just should talk with her about things are happening and she should be careful, that's all.

hi blue in this generation today it is difficult to do that because in this generation today it is so modern and it is difficult because of the environment also honestly even an 6 or 10 years old has a lap top INDIVIDUAL lap top they have an IPOD, CAMERA , a cellphone that has a camera, wifi and 3g in short latest model i am shocked when my mother bought my 8 yr old sis all this stuff i am a bit jealous because they only buy me a lap top when i was 17 i have an i phone when i was 18 this generation is so shocked and it is really , difficult to explain my sister destroyed her laptop a month ago so what they did they buy a new one my lap top is already 3 years and it has some signs and symptom of over use so i need to have one but they prioritize my sister, i am confused already . what;s new in this generation

It's not as bad as my 9 year old cousin having her own phone.. and it's an iPhone! That age was way to young and she has a smartphone as her first phone. I'm so jealous.

Children need phones often to help them be located or for serious emergencies that require help of some kind. Those moments are when you want you kids to have phone no matter what age they are.

i think it does not matter if children aged 13 years had a cellphone which is important not in wrong use

Parents must know how to control the demands of their children, not all the demands of their children can be always indulge. Parents must make their children understand about that things, because at the end this will cause to a disobedience in their part.