I really believe there is no real appropriate age. However there is a time when they should get one, but that they need to use it, not abuse it. My parents gave me my first phone when I was seventeen years old, and ONLY because I had started driving. They gave me a reloadable phone... so when talk time is gone... it's gone. And if I made phone calls that I shouldn't have, I lost that much time to my parents the next time they bought me minutes for my phone.
Just think about it, DO YOUR KIDS REALLY, I MEAN REALLY, NEED A CELL PHONE? A seven year old with a fricken RAZR in their hand talking to their friends? NOT GONNA HAPPEN! Throw it out until they're responsible, I mean really responsible and wont screw up your life with enormously large phone bills you CAN'T PAY DOWN!
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