Do you think 8 is too young for a mobile phone?

I think that to give an 8 year old a mobile phone is disgusting. If you cant supervise your child well enough that they require one, perhaps you neednt have children at all. What good parent lets their 8 year old out of their sight long enough to need one, besides at school wher mobiles are banned and teachers are supervising them, or at a friends house where hopefully there is an adult around to care for them- otherwise they shouldnt be at their friends house. Cmon, what a stupid question, as if you didnt know the answer to this already. Pft.

i do think that 8 is a very young age for a child to own a mobile phone. a child should be atleast 14 to own a cell phone.

8 is definitly too young for a cell. the cell offers uncontrolled and unmonitered access to the world outside and makes a child accessible to people outside, definitly not good.

yes,it is.

A mobile is good to have in case of emergency. If your child is lost or if somebody tires to hurt her, then she can call you for help.

Does she go places by herself a lot? If so a prepaid phone might be a good option so y'all can get a hold of her when you need her and in case of emergency she can get a hold of y'all. Other than that I can't think of why a 8 year old would need a cell phone. There is the landline to talk to friends with. To me a cell phone for chatting is a big responsibility for a 8 year old, just my 2 cents.

That's pretty young. Does she have a lot of afterschool activities where she needs to call you to pick her up? If so, it may be a good idea. Make sure she doesn't take it to school. I'd definately do one where she can only call parents on it too.

Of course it is too young. You even have to ask. I dont even think teenagers should have one. It is out of control. Get a grip on your childred and yourself.

Yeah it is, but hope for the best=p

It depends. If your 8-year old cban handle having a mobile phone. Why not? If it is for her security that you would want to know her whereabouts, then go. Nowadays, in this age of technologies coming in, having a mobile phone is already a commom thing.

I think it all depends on the situation. Of course having a cell phone is always important in case of an emergancy, or things like that. But at 8 years old, obviously she won't be out driving or anything like that, and usually there will be supervision at all times on the 8 year old. Very rarely do I see just 8 year old girls walking around together without an older adult. So I would say no to the cell phone. Just starting a bad trend at a young age. We don't want our kids to everyday start depending on a cell phone. Especially at such a young age.

PERSONALLY YES BUT THESE DAYS THE WAY KIDS GROW UP SO FAST AND OUR BUSY LIVES I THINK IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE CHILD AND SITUATION.

my take on it...when theyre old enough to pay the bill then they can have one. if they get the bill paid they keep it. or if the parent is going to pay for it i say 13. but for an 8 year old get her one of those phones where you can program like 4 numbers into it. so she can only call those four numbers. like ur work or the house number, in case an emergency does arise. and u dont have to worry about her calling timbuktoo

Way too young..they should still be with an adult. This might be the age of technology but there has to be some limits.

When my husband and I were separated I bought my daughter a mobile phone. She was 9 years old then. I wanted her to be able to ring me if she felt unsafe or I could contact her if she was with him and away somewhere for the weekend. She was very good and didn't abuse the system at all. I think if you give some children resposibility, they will go with it and make you proud. My daughter is now 12 and has another phone which is now more a fashion accessory. Oh well it worked when I needed it to.

sure it is.

nope this is absolutely wrong to do so. you should not alow such a small kid to keep a cell phone. children do have bad effects of such things as they do not know the importance of such things.

I have an eight year old daughter and I would not let her heave a cell phone right now. She never goes anywhere that I don't know about and she is always with another adult so I don't see a reason for a cell phone.

8 might be pushing it. I would say 10 or 11 would be the earliest. Only because you would be somewhat more responsible at that age.

I don't think it's too young. We gave my daughter a cell phone when she was 9. With everything happening in the world, a cell phone is rapidly becoming a life saver. I want her to be able to call us whenever there may be an emergency. We are going to upgrade to a GPS phone for her when she is 13 :-)