What age should kids get cellphones?

I wasn't allowed one til I was 13, and my kids will be at least 10 before they own one. It isn't necessary before then. I plan to know where my kids are before then so I don't see why they need one

I have an online shop, and this Mom bought her kid a cellphone from me...and she just turned 5. The phone is touch screen...for me its kinda complicated for a kid to handle, but heck, kids these days they really know what to do with gadgets! lol.

I think for me, 11 yrs old would be the right time for a kid to have a phone.

I would have to say that every kid is different and it depends on the spcific childs maturity level to be able to know when they are ready.

Personally I dont see a need for a five year old to own a cell phone- people seem to forget that there was a day and age when there were only house phones available. It isnt the end of the world if you can't reach your child's cell phone while they are at daycare- why don't you just call the daycare themselves like a normal parent...lol

i think kids should get cell phones at age 13 or 14. i say 13 because it will mean alot for there birthday. and 13 means you just became a pre-teen. really awesome, i got my first phone when i was 14. and then that only lasted about 3 months i think or less it was pre-paid and the minutes got expired. and no 9 is a horrible age for a kid to have a cell phone. you got lucky and got yourse at 10. but alot of 9 year olds aren't that responsible. its just way too young. but we can agree to disagree i guess.

i am having my mobile from the age of fifteen i think when we enter into the teenage that means at the age of thirteen is a right time to use a mobile...

I was 16 when I first got a cell phone, but then it was one of those bag phones that had to stay in your car. My kids will probably be somewhere around that age, give or take depending on how responsible they are then. No kid really needs a cell phone at 5, although my 4-year-old has a few, but only because they're our cast offs. They don't do anything. She thinks she's talking to someone, particularly her grandma.

I wouldn't give a cell phone to any child that has not reached their teen years. What the heck do they need a mobile phone for, anyways? Shouldn't all parents be keeping track of their kids when they are young? Seems silly to me. If they want to talk to their school chums they can do that at home

I believe that kids should get cell phones at 12 or 13 because that is when they are probably responsible enough to have a cell phone. I hate when I see 9 year olds carrying around cell phones that is just stupid. They could lose it or break at that young of a age.

Oh my goodness! No child should have a cell phone until they are sixteen and has a job to pay for it! Way to many parents let their kids have phones at way to young of age! Then they pay the kids bill and the kids don't learn responsiblity! I also hear so many bad stories of kids and teenagers doing things on the cell phone they shouldn't! Like sending boyfriends or other people nude pioctures of themselves! Then there was that group of kids in,I believe Florida,who filmed themselves beating up another girl on a cellphone! My advice is never let your child have a cell phone until they can handle one and pay for it themselves! Even if it means waiting until they are 18! To many parents don't monitor their kids!Also some kids should know better what they should do and not do do on the cellpone! Childen need to mature to get a cellphone!!

I got my first cell phone when I got into middle school, so I was in the 6th grade, so I was around 11 or 12 years old. And I actually agree that this is a good age for kids to get cell phones. I think this because kids will be going into middle school, wanting to meet a lot new kids, and doing more activities. And what better way for the parents to keep track of their children, at an age were their becoming more independent.