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Saturday, September 30, 2006

How Young is Too Young for a Cellphone?

Should 12-year-olds have cellphones? What about 11-year-olds? How about ten-year-olds? New York Times writer Alina Tugend talks about why she and her husband decided to get their 10-year-old son his own phone. Although they didn't often lavish high-tech toys on their boys, the Tugend's found it less expensive than they thought to outfit their oldest son with his own phone. While parents see the value of kids having phones for safety reasons, tweens and teens see it as must for being considered "cool" and "in" by their peers. Learn more about the pros and cons of giving cellphones to pre-teens and teenagers from the New York Times.

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