Originally Posted by ucla695 (Post 800804)

We got junior one at that age and are glad we did! Easier to keep tabs and arrange pickups and drop offs! A texting plan is a plus too!

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Originally Posted by catfish2 (Post 800825)

I was reading this post and something just occurred to me. It seems to me that I heard some where that some cell phones location can be tracked on a PC like a GPS. Maybe I heard wrong, but that could be something to look into. Think of it as a safety issue if u want.

Originally Posted by T.G (Post 800829)

You can with some phones. Others you can't.

(psst: I mentioned this in post #12)

Originally Posted by catfish2 (Post 800856)

I did read it but I have a short memory. I guess that's why I like long cigars.
I did say that I heard it somewhere (maybe your post is where I heard it).

Originally Posted by catfish2 (Post 800825)

I was reading this post and something just occurred to me. It seems to me that I heard some where that some cell phones location can be tracked on a PC like a GPS. Maybe I heard wrong, but that could be something to look into. Think of it as a safety issue if u want.

Originally Posted by RGD. (Post 800349)

Well I'll chime in here. The question is not really does "a" ten year old need a cell phone - the question is does Andy's ten year old son need a cell phone. And really only Andy and his wife can answer that question.

Most of us here really don't know all the conditions and/or circumstances that go with their daily life.

When my oldest daughter was ten she was in band and several other activities. Did I give her a cell phone - yes I did. Did she carry it every day - no she did not. It was a pay as you go phone. She was given the phone only when she went out to a function (school, babysitting, etc) that we would not be attending and returned after she was home. Call it an emergency phone. Today's society is not like when I was a kid and we rode our bikes and played all over hell until dark without telling mom and dad where we were.

She didn't get a real phone until she was 15 - and her sister didn't get one until she was 16.

That's my take on it.


Ron

Originally Posted by jkim05 (Post 801016)

I agree with Ron, but I'll add that it's not just a question of need, but appropriateness. Maybe he doesn't need a phone, but what really matters is how appropriate is it for him to have a phone. I got my first phone when I was 13, and that was at a time when many adults still didn't have cell phones. It just made life easier for me and my parents. I never really used the phone much because in general I didn't really care for talking on the phone and this was before phones really had any games (I had snake because it was a nokia).

I see lots of 10 year olds with phones, so maybe I'm a bit numb to how outrageous it is, but it just doesn't seem as shocking to me as it seems for most of the people here. I would say find out why it is he wants a phone. If it's just to play games and stuff, get him an itouch or a gameboy. Also, I'd say ask your wife why she thinks it's so inappropriate. Maybe there's something she sees that you don't. I don't personally have a problem with it, but I don't know your son, so I can't honestly say whether I would give him a phone. My doing so would not be a consequence of his age, but rather his maturity, responsibility and purpose of the phone.

Originally Posted by Brilliant (Post 801022)

I have seen it happen to my cousins depending on where you live you may socially cripple your child. I agree that 10 yrs old is too young but when your in school its all about keeping up with the jones

Originally Posted by BlackDog (Post 799911)

What good can come from a 10 y/o with a phone? None that I can think of. We don't permit our kids to have a phone until they're 16. And even then, I'm not sure it's a real good thing.