I have 3 young kids; the oldest is 9. I'm constantly shuttling them, their friends, and their older cousins around. I have to say that I just don't believe that the *average* age that kids are getting cell phones right now is 8. I've never actually encountered a kid younger than 8 with a cell phone. I know that they exist - it's interesting enough that my kids have come home to report some young kid they've met that has a phone. But it seems clearly the exception.
Does the 8 year average sound right to other parents?
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I have 3 young kids; the oldest is 9. I'm constantly shuttling them, their friends, and their older cousins around. I have to say that I just don't believe that the *average* age that kids are getting cell phones right now is 8. I've never actually encountered a kid younger than 8 with a cell phone. I know that they exist - it's interesting enough that my kids have come home to report some young kid they've met that has a phone. But it seems clearly the exception. Does the 8 year average sound right to other parents?