When you hand your children cellphones, you’re giving them powerful communication and media-production tools.
According to the Pew Research Center, most parents (45%) think it’s acceptable for kids to have a phone between the ages of 12 and 14.
About 28% of parents wait until ages 15 to 17, and 16% think it’s fine to let kids as young as 9 have their own phones. Other surveys have shown similar results
When do you think is the appropriate age for parents to get their kids a cellphone?
Watch Morayo and the ladies of ‘Your View’ take on when to give a child phone.
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