Cellphones for 7-year olds
By nicanorr
@nicanorr (1789)
Philippines
9 responses
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
5 Feb 12
NO I wouldn't give a 7 year old a cell phone. Reason one is who the heck are they going to be calling and texting at 7 years old. Its either going to be a wast of money because its not going to be used or its going to be breaking the bank because of all the taking they are going to do. I wouldn't give my daughter one until she is at least middle school or high school and the reason would have to be because well she is doing lots of after school stuff where she doesn't need mommy there no more all of the time. That she is almost an adult and I can trust her that she won't abuse the rights to a cell phone, that she'll be working and driving and might want have a project where she has to get together with friends or partners right after school and she needs to make sure its okay with us. I don't see any reason for a 7 year old to have one because and adult should still be with them most all of the time or at places where other adults are keeping and eying on the kids.
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@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
10 Feb 12
Just because I don't want to give my child when she is 7 a cell phone doesn't mean I don't trust her. It means I know at her age she is ready for that responsibility that comes with a cell phone. For all I know some crazy stranger can try to get to her through her cell phone. When she is a teenager then me and my husband will think and talk about it together if we feel she is mature enough to handle a cell phone. I didn't have my first cell phone till I was 15 and I wouldn't have had it at all if both my brothers where still living at home, that my dad didn't have to work in a totally different state for over a year and he wouldn't have been around. My mom was working all of the time. So I had to take care of myself and do things on my own and make sure that I not only had a way to get to dance practices, but soccer as well and all of my games for both sports as well as when I had musical. I was mature enough for my parents to know that I could handle that responsibility. I didn't go around asking every 5 minutes can I have this mom because everyone else that I know has one too. No I knew when they knew I was ready for something of that kind of respectability they would hand it to me there also came rules with my cell phone but I always fallowed them. The same came to when my parents allowed me to have a lab top in my bed room, a tv as well. All came with respablity that an individual has to be ready for. To me a 7 year old has no need for nor are they are ready for the responsibilities. They are still babies in a lot of ways and a lot of people can still be out there trying to hurt them throw what ever means they can find to get to them. Technology can be a bad thing some times for children, teens and even adults that is why we are taught not only how to protect ourselves out in the real word as we are with the technology around us.
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@ardoy0731 (7308)
• Philippines
5 Feb 12
Yeah,kids at this age should not allowed to use cellphone.They are too young for this and instead give them educational toys or things to play rather than giving them the latest gadgets like cellphone.We should let them their childhood by letting them play and interact with other children.
@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
5 Feb 12
I know that children vary from each other. One seven year old might be far more sensible than other seven year old. Not many seven year old would be mature enough to have a mobile phone. They would hopefully know the numbers by that age. I main worry would be the seven year old child would lose the phone. The child would not be old enough for the parent to discuss the dangers of mobile phone use like a stranger getting hold of the child's number. At my four year old disabled son's school last month I went to a talk on e safety. It was mostly about the Internet and how to keep children and teenagers safe on it. Some mobile phones can access the Internet. A typical seven year old might be chatting to friends lots of the time and it would make him or her miss their school work. The parents would have to pay the phone bill and it could be huge. I would wait until the child is older: 11 to 14 years old depending on how sensible and mature.
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@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
5 Feb 12
No,cellphone is not necessary for a 7 year old.They are too young to use gadget.They don't need that,instead let them play with other children.
@lilblondiemjd (856)
• United States
6 Feb 12
I would give a seven year old child a cell phone unless it was a cheap one strictly for emergencies. They have certain cheap phones meant for children in case they need to call someone if something serious happens. Other than that, there is no need for a child that young or even older than that to have a cell phone at such a young age. I would only start thinking about getting any future children I have cell phones over the age of 12 or 13. I think those are reasonable ages.
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@majorroald (454)
• Netherlands
5 Feb 12
They do not really need it, but if they really want it you must let them pay it by themselves. And also only give the prepaid, because if they make a mistake to call very much they have to pay new prepaid money by there own. But the children grown up with technology like this so i can understand why also little children want it. Because you also can use it to make photo's or listen to music.
But to give them a cellphone because for if something happen isn't necessary i think, because if there really happens something to their bikes orso they also can use someone else him cellphone or just walk.
@Lhenni (1242)
• Philippines
7 Feb 12
No, I won't let a seven year old kid to have a cell phone.
My kids ages nearing 11 and 5 used to borrow our (with husband) celphones. They just use it for games and hearing songs uploaded on it.
My nearing 11 year old daughter texted some of her friends in our cells and she will gonna buy her own come March, after her recognition and it will gonna be on her own pocket.
She saved her allowances last year and she got some as Christmas gift money that she got a total savings of almost 5 thousand pesos ($110) as of now and my husband made a word to her that when she's in the top 5 overall in her 4th grade this end of March, she will have her dream cellphone as a gift and her saved money will be her savings alone.
I think, my nearing 11 year old daughter who will turning to her 5th grade is quite growing that she needed her own celphone now. We'll just be here for her to still guide her moving forward.
@chum24 (569)
• Philippines
5 Feb 12
i think i wont give cellphone to a 7 year old because may be he become addicted to it. he cant concentrate to his studies etc. however on the other side if there's something happen wrong he can easily contact his parents. its up to the parents but the should know the consequence of this.
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@dwayneeeboy (169)
• India
19 Apr 12
I think this is one of the best discussions I have come across on Mylot!
My aunt just bought a cell phone for my 7-yr old cousin! I remember getting mine at 16!
I know times are changing, but a cell phone is of no actual use to a boy/girl of age 7, or even 10!
