Comment Re: They are addictive by design (Score 1) 44
I have an 11 year old and he does not have a phone. However one main difference between my youth and now was that every family in the 80s and 90s had a land line. I could call my friends to see if they were home or make plans. Now the land line is all but extinct in most households with children. I have to coordinate with my son's friend's parents.
It will still be a few years before I get him his own phone but I have let him take my personal cell a few times so he could call my work cell if there was an emergency.
It will still be a few years before I get him his own phone but I have let him take my personal cell a few times so he could call my work cell if there was an emergency.