A close-ish friend of mine has given her 8-year-old son a phone.
Obviously, it's up to her what her son does or doesn't get, but I couldn't help being surprised. It's a relatively expensive Samsung, too.
I'm sure many young children have phones now and are consequently using social media like TikTok and Instagram.
The first phone I ever had was this bad boy Nokia 6820I must have been 12 or 13 at the time, and I think my mum gave it to me since I was taking the bus from school and back on my own.
Didn't get an iPhone till 18 or so.
I feel like children are getting their hands on phones far too young nowadays, and this is obviously extremely detrimental to their wellbeing, especially once you consider the effects frequent use has on their mental health.
What was your first phone? How old were you? If you plan on having kids, when would you allow them to own one?
How old were you when you got your first mobile phone?
Got a flip phone when I was 7. My mom's old Blackberry when I was 8-9. An iPhone 5 when I was 12, but they disabled the phone app. My parents are divorced so phones were a way to keep in touch when I was with the other parent.
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16 or something. but earlier than that would hardly have been possible, cause the thechnology was not yet in the realm of stuff that a young family could afford to buy for their child.
