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At what age are you getting your kid a cell phone?

Posted on 11/16/17 at 8:57 am
Posted by jlovel7
NOT Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
23962 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 8:57 am
I got one when I started high school. I'm still relatively young and have no kids but I'm merely interested how in about 10 years how much that has changed. What says the O-T.
This post was edited on 11/16/17 at 8:58 am
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
74470 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 8:58 am to
at birth
Posted by tke857
Member since Jan 2012
12195 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 8:58 am to
probably around 14-15 and it will be a flip phone
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
85652 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 8:59 am to
I bought the iPhone X for my 4 year old. She loves taking selfies for FB and Snapchat.
Posted by SidewalkDawg
Chair
Member since Nov 2012
10245 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 8:59 am to
I got my boy one at 7 and already started teaching him about dick picks and how to score arse with his hot teachers.
Posted by dawgfan24348
Member since Oct 2011
51733 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:00 am to
I got mine at 14
Posted by jdeval1
Member since Dec 2009
7525 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:00 am to
My kids are 11 and ask for one all of the time. I'm thinking when they are old enough to be somewhere with no adults i'll get them one
Posted by PearlJam
NotBeardEaves
Member since Aug 2014
13908 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:00 am to
5
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
23675 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:00 am to
When it becomes a convenience to me and their mother for them to have one. An example would be after school activities when they needed a ride home.
Posted by HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
Member since Feb 2017
12458 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:00 am to
10 because that's what age they are all getting them now, and you don't want your kid being the weirdo.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
177002 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:01 am to
quote:

probably around 14-15 and it will be a flip phone




thats cute you think that.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
72713 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:03 am to
We got our son a cell phone when he was in 7th grade. We did this because that's when he started playing school sports where he'd need one of us to come pick him up after practices.

Our daughter is 9 and we've given her one of our old iPhones. It's not connected to anything other than our WiFi though.

And with both they are made fully aware that the phone we give them is not theirs. It still belongs to us and we can and will monitor their devices.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
177002 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:04 am to
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we can and will monitor their devices.


you sicko.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
72713 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:10 am to
So far the worst thing we've found is that apparantly it's now a thing among teen boys to text each other pictures of their feces in an effort to see who can gross the other out. And i think they get bonus points if they make their friends look at their deuce while eating.
Posted by soccerfüt
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Member since May 2013
73594 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:13 am to
quote:

At what age are you getting your kid a cell phone?
Their age or mine?
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
36701 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:14 am to
quote:

So far the worst thing we've found is that apparantly it's now a thing among teen boys to text each other pictures of their feces in an effort to see who can gross the other out. And i think they get bonus points if they make their friends look at their deuce while eating.

Did you even mention this to him, or did you just laugh about it to yourself?
Posted by Tigersfan
Member since Feb 2006
2687 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:17 am to
I got a free one from AT&T so I got it hooked up for my daughter to be used 3 days a year. It sits turned off in my nightstand except for school fair, city park night, and trunk or treat. Having her run off with her friends, even though there are plenty of adults there, just makes me nervous. My wife and I are chasing after our younger ones at these events so its good piece of mind to be able to check in.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
72713 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:18 am to
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Did you even mention this to him, or did you just laugh about it to yourself?


He explained it to us when we opened his phone and saw texts between him about a dozen or so of his fiends showing toilet bowls with various amounts of stool in differing states of solidity and consistency.

Posted by LNCHBOX
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Member since Jun 2009
88760 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:18 am to
Earlier than when I got one. Times change, and I'm not gonna pretend like this generation should do things the same way mine did.
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
22281 posts
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:21 am to
3 and a half.

Can I use fractions, or do I need to stick with decimals?
This post was edited on 11/16/17 at 9:22 am
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