At my age, we didn’t have cell phones, so my parents were spared the decision to get me one of these devices. Nowadays, parents have a lot of decisions to make regarding what their children get, as technology and the pressure to have more has advanced. While you don’t want your children to grow up too fast, there’s a lot of pressure your children put on you and others put on them to have cell phones, computers, and video games.

Cell phones are a part of life throughout the world, that is hard to deny. But what is the appropriate age for a kid to have a cell phone?

The cell phone industry has come a long way in the last 10 years. Always looking for improvement, manufacturers have made the phones smaller, sleeker, and packed with other features. Expanding into new markets, they have started making kids phones and targeting young teens. They can market to both the teens and the parents with this strategy.