No, I kid, but I pretty much expect kids to have cellphones glued to their hands as soon as they have the minimum fine motor skills to be able to punch the buttons. Also, reading. Reading skills would be required, yes. I mean, a few years back Disney and Sprint teamed up to offer easy-to-use phones and wireless service for 8- to 12-year-olds. ("And here's the 'Daddy' button in case you need to interrupt my V Srs Bizness, and...")
This, of course, says nothing to the question of appropriateness, but... kids text early, is what I'm saying. Crazy!
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Date: 2009-01-18 11:26 pm (UTC)No, I kid, but I pretty much expect kids to have cellphones glued to their hands as soon as they have the minimum fine motor skills to be able to punch the buttons. Also, reading. Reading skills would be required, yes. I mean, a few years back Disney and Sprint teamed up to offer easy-to-use phones and wireless service for 8- to 12-year-olds. ("And here's the 'Daddy' button in case you need to interrupt my V Srs Bizness, and...")
This, of course, says nothing to the question of appropriateness, but... kids text early, is what I'm saying. Crazy!