What is the main reason parents don’t get their kids cell phones?
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NO IDEA! I gave my 10 year old child a cell phone to keep her safe! But she is mature for her age!
1. our kids don’t usually need them, if they do they can borrow their father’s
2. it costs too much per minute for a pre-paid and many of them now won’t roll over minutes
3. no coverage/spotty coverage where the kids go
4. roaming charges
5. texting is bad for the grammer skills
6. 5 yr olds do NOT need a cell phone!
Because they don’t need them. I told my sons the day they get a drivers license they will get a cell phone. I feel every teen should have one in case of emergency while driving. But I have also told them that if they lose their cell phone privilege they will also lose they driving privileges as you can’t go anywhere without your cell. Likewise, if you lose your driving privilege, there is no reason you need your cell. They go hand in hand!!
financial reasons
Well, as far as I can make out, most parents _do_ get their kids cellphones!
Why don’t I (for my eight year old)?
He’s a little CHILD. He doesn’t need to be worrying about breaking or losing a device intended for adults. He’s too young to be in a situation where he would need it. And he certainly doesn’t need to be worrying about being mugged for it.
It’s also an appalling precedent to set. Many, many families today are in awful debt because the adults feel that they have failed in life if they don’t have the latest, most expensive cars, TVs, holidays, brand new kitchen, all bought on credit… This starts as a child, when they HAVE to have the expensive gadgets their friends have – just because their friends have them. Much better for them to learn right away that it’s normal, and nothing to be ashamed of, not to have everything that your friends do, and that you should make your own decisions about what you need, not base it on adverts screaming “you must have this!”
My son will more than likely lose his. He gets one when he goes to 6th grade. Wish me luck.
Number one reason why parents don’t give kids cell phones:
Financial
Child isn’t responsible enough
Well for one, a parent can no longer monitor who their child is contacting or who is contacting the child.
I do believe kids who are 16 or 17 years old who may be traveling roads by themselves should have one, but kids that are 13 and 14 have no use for one out side of wanting it.
Not to mention the fact that most parents are literally living pay check to pay check and have a hard enough time giving the kids what they need. They don’t need the extra expense of a cell phone.
Not to mention the fact that kids can’t even keep track of their shoes much less a tiny cell phone.
Those are my reasons for not allowing my 11 year old a cell phone.
hope this helped you out.
Because they are not responsible enough to not lose it or they chat on it for ages and you end up with a huge bill at the end of the month.
Because if they run up a bill, mom and dad are left with it. I got my son one and he is 5 but it has a locator if he ever gets lost and he only knows the numbers programmed from 1 to 9 and 911. He asks me before calling someone too!
because they dont need them? seriously it drives me crazy when i go out somewhere and see a bunch of little kids talking on cell phones.
Cell phones are expensive, and young kids don’t need them. I don’t think most kids have a real need for a cell phone until they are old enough to be out on their own without supervision, and then they may need a phone to contact their parents or for an emergency. Until then, a cell phone is just an expensive toy.
Because they’re potentially dangerous for children, until their skulls have stopped growing and have become thicker. About 14 or 15 is the earliest a child should use a cell phone regularly.
Children don’t need them, anyway. If they’re at home they can use the ordinary landline, and young children shouldn’t be out without a responsible adult, so if they need to call someone they can use the adult’s phone (the radiation danger is minimal with the occasional brief use of a cell phone).
Costly and involves contracts. Children will run up the phone bill. children will lose the phones. children will get beat up for their phones.
Why do kids need phone??? Give them quarters, if they need to call someone, they can use the payphone like I did growing up.
There are few reasons on why parents don’t let their kids to have a phone. It depend how parent look at it. The most common one is the phone that kids demand is very expensive, with the latest state-of-the art technology nowadays, the phone is getting very expensive and the kids might call their parents to change a new one the moment they see a newer phone in the market. The next reason is the kids might involve in those puppy love and as a result they slack in their studies. It has become one of the major problem in some countries, the teenagers are getting obsess with the phone and forget the real traditional way to greet people especially old people. Languages might extinct too as sms language has become the main language in cellular phone.
As a kid who doesn’t have a phone while all of your friends do,I know all about that subject. All of my friends say that thay really don’t need it. Also my dads says I will run up the bill talking to my friends. Most kids really don’t need them.Hope this helps!
My husband and I don’t have them why should my children?
because mine don’t have jobs, they are never anywhere where they don’t have access to a phone, ( unless outside playing, then they need to play not talk on the phone ) and i provide them a land line in our home to talk on all they want…
the kids will abuse them…
Kids safety
Firstly, there is the to-do about whether the microwaves they emit are dodgy, even in adults – nevermind a kid whose brain is still developing.
Secondly, your kid could be injured if someone robs them for their phone.
They are kids and dont need a cell phone. I didn’t get a cell phone until I bought my own and was able to pay the bill. I just think that cell phone for kids has gotten out of hand. Who do they need to call on the cell phone? They should be with their parents or at a house with a phone
Because the bills will be to high. They are not responsible enough. They lose them. They are not allowed in schools. Take your pick all good reason for no cell phones for kids.
a) expense
b) who the heck is he going to call?!(child services if the bills he goes over the minutes that’s who! that was a joke)
c) kids don’t need that responsibility
Simple-
They’re too YOUNG.
I didn’t get a cell phone until I was 13, and now I see 5 year olds at my high school’s hockey games (ALONE) with RAZARS!
I’m still stuck with Virgin Mobile pay as you go -_-