What age should a 'kid' get a cell phone?

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Oakland is a hole wrote:

It totally depends on the kid. I wouldn't want to get a phone for the kid if it is not necessary. I also wouldn't want to get one for him if he didn't behave responsibly enough to use it when he should and not as a distraction at school.
At 10, my kid neither needs one nor is he responsible enough. That may be different for other people, or they may have different circumstances than I do.

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Chatty Kathy wrote:

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I agree with you. My daughter is 10 and she has been bugging me for a cell phone because all of her friends have one. I told her when she can make sure her room is clean and her CDs are put away in their cases then I would consider it. What a mom thing to say. LOL
When I do decide to get her one I will probably take a look at those phone with the GPS and only certain numbers that she can dial out to. Can't remember what there called.

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Oakland is a hole wrote:

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I think they do make phones just for kids now. I haven't looked into them really either, since I'm not ready to buy one. I was shocked when my kid told me some of his friends had phones. Who the hell do you need to call at that age?

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Colloquy wrote:

One night when my son was 15, he came home about 2 hours later than he was supposed to. He scared the heck out of me cuz I didn't know where he was at.
The next day I went and got the both of us cell phones. He was so excited until I said...
"Don't look at this as a good thing, think of this as a very, very, very long leash! Hahahah.

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Oakland is a hole wrote:

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Yes indeed, when my son is a little older that is actually my motivation for getting him one.
**evil cackle*

Tamara24 wrote:

What did we all do before cell phones?
Before Internet?
Before Text Messaging?
Before Ipods?
Before Palm Pilots?
Before Balcberries?

otter5 wrote:

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We had to get up to turn off the tv and sit by the phone jack to talk on the Princess phone.Unless we had a realy long phone cord. And had to tell em' to hang on so we could flip over the cassette. We also usually got caught passing notes in class. How embarrassing was that?!

Colloquy wrote:

<quoted text>Make sure you mention the "very, very, very long leash'! It wipes that smile right off of their cute little faces!

otter5 wrote:

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We had to get up to turn off the tv and sit by the phone jack to talk on the Princess phone.Unless we had a realy long phone cord. And had to tell em' to hang on so we could flip over the cassette. We also usually got caught passing notes in class. How embarrassing was that?!

MyNameIsKathy wrote:

I think they should have one when they start to drive. That way you can always check and see where they're at.