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  • BBM - black berry messenger :D

  • @LaLocaTacito you shouldn't have a phone and you are not gifted because you spelled taquito wrong!!!

  • i have a facebook youtube like 6 emails 3 phones ipod touch xbox tv im my room laptop desktop gamecube nintendo 64 dsi 3ds dslite psp ps2 kinect ihome and much more and i got every single one of these things for being in the gifted group, i am very talented at the viola and ive won many beauty padgents and i have been to china japan france mexico canada california florida washington and much MUCH more and im 10

  • @LaLocaTacito No one cares little kid

  • @LaLocaTacito nobody cares you spoiled kid

  • i got my first phone when i was 5 :\

  • I'm glad I got a cell phone when I was 9.

    More than half the kids in my class that year had one :D

    So I got one for Christmas (: No big deal? Its just a phone,

    I got to txt my friends, look after it, and stuff.

    Now with my phone wherever I go I can still talk to my best friendss..

    Plus call someone if I was in trouble, take pictures when I go places,

    play games, music, its awesome (:

    Whats wrong with phones?

  • Wow I was allowed to go on the internet unsupervised when I was like 10 D;

    And da fuck? Not allowed a facebook till they're 18? I'm 14.. that would just be weird if I wasn't even allowed a facebook..

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  • @RetroKingdomrules i'm 15 and i know all that

  • i got my first cell phone at 20 and a half. :)

  • If your son thinks he's such a good "hacker" more than likely he is too dumb to know how to port forward, kids think they're hackers all the time but in reality know little to nothing at all about hacking or creating RATs or even knowing basic C++

  • @RetroKingdomrules C++ maintains all aspects of the C language, while providing new features to programmers that make it easier to write useful and sophisticated programs.

    For example C++ makes it easier to manage memory and adds several features to allow "object-oriented" programming and "generic" programming Basically it makes it easier for programmers to stop thinking about the details of how the machine works and think about the problems they are trying to solve and im 13

  • @luke2203496 I was saying more than likely most of the kids that say they are hackers are in reality script kiddies who use others programs, and most of them more than likely do not know BASIC C++ and also, I can look things up on google too "define c++" aren't I a boss?

  • I didn't get a cellphone until I started CEGEP, when I was 16. Most of the time I forget to even turn it on.

  • i got a 9300 @ 12

  • I HAD MY FIRST CELL PHONE WHEN I WAS IN 2ND GRADE I HAD A PINK BLACKBERRY PEARL

  • @bryanna1best i got mine when i was 5 it was an iphone.... blackberrys are pieces of shit and im 10 now

  • i got my first cell phone at 12

  • I got mine at ten, but was never allowed to text. Doesn't bother me much :]

  • im 10 and i do not get no phone >:(

  • i hardly ever call eney more i but i text all the time and i got my first phone when i was 7

  • @BananaSombrero1234 Cool i got a iphone when i was eight too(or 9)

  • Having cellphones any younger than 11 is stupid.

  • @Clubbyful Having a phone any younger than 14 is stupid.

  • @Legostudiosplus OK, I'm assuming you got your cell at 14? :)

  • @Clubbyful No, I get mine at 15.

  • @BananaSombrero1234 I am 17 and only have a samsung intensity......

  • 4 and 5 grade and middle school

  • @BananaSombrero1234 when i was your age, i had barbies not cell phones. -.-

  • Its so funny because in Korea when kids turn elementary age they are usually armed with a cell phone. Most students have IPhone or Samsung Galaxy phones. There phones are usually nicer than teachers. I will say Americans are behind the eight ball on this and make more of a bigger deal out of a small issue.

  • i got my first phone when i was 10 because my mom said that she feels safer with me having a phone. My mom went back to school and she got off at 3:05 and my school ended at 3:15 so i might need to wait for 15-25 minutes for her to pick me up. And my dad was working and didn't know his schedule everyday. So my phone was for emergencies and my parents said that i could add friends too. Its a side-kick phone

  • I might get a cell phone next year then i'll be twelve if i get one for my birthday and by the way my birthday is on july 4th!!!!!!!

  • I lost my phone four six months and than found it in a couch cusion

  • i need a phone, y?

    im always hanging out with friends and i always need to borrow someone else's phone. i do this like 10 times a week and my mom and dad still think i dont need a phone

  • they lost me at "parent experts"

  • i had my first phone when i was 9 which was on christmas so 4th grade

  • In 3rd grade everyone had cell phones o_o

  • kids in my grade already have iPhones and im in 6th grade

  • my parents are in 7% then because i got my first phone when i was 10. It was Samsung Intercept (too much for a 10 year old right?) I was begging my parents for a cell phone and Samsung Intercept is a little bit to much for a kid. But I'm 11 now and theres kids in my grade that already have IPHONES!!!!!

  • Your lucky..If I could pass a law I would ban any kid from under 16 from even TOUCHING a cell phone. Our society is turning into zombies, kids walking aroung texting over and over...not to mention the ABUSE.

  • Whats Wrong with kids having phones?

  • Oh come'on i ot my celphone when i was in second grade and a ridiculous phone, Im in 8th grade now and i have an Iphone. If it wasnt for the Iphone i would of been dead, we had a little movement in the school and we thought it was a earthquake (exagerating) i texted my mom, and checked in the internet, you know what, i went to the principal office ! -.-, We would all been dead if it wasnt for me. Cellphones are an important thing!!

  • k this is crap ok.... kids should be kids. having phoones is actually dangerous for teens cuz you know.. yeah . having technology when young is good. so they can learn and start early. i had a phone when i was young and it was fun :) so sop talking shit.

  • did she digital world? DI DI DI DIGIMON DIGIMON DI DI DI......sorry guys i had to

  • Look, phones are important. Help you get track, but really! JESUS PEOPLE, DONT MIND THE DAMN KIDS, MIND THE DAMN 17 YEAR OLDS. That or stop being a damn Subarban Mom.

  • I'm twelve and I have a Droid, but I saved up my money to get it.

  • I'm 14 and I don't even have a phone.

  • YEAH i totally agree us kids shouldnt txt what ever happend to sending a LETTER so from now on i bow to NEVER txt ;) -txts- i mean....UMMM UHHHHHHHHHHHHH OH LOOK A BIRD -txts some more

  • I got my phone in 3rd grade lol

  • @Pepsi4Life23  Your spoiled.

  • @sood543210 your annoying

  • @sood543210

    *You're.

  • @Pepsi4Life23 in our school some 1st grade students have cell phones

  • I got a cell phone at 10 but it was not a real cell phone. Actually it was but my parents gave me a test to see how responsible I am with one I passed the test and got a real one at 11 and my lad phone bill said I only used six minutes of talk time.

  • I'm 10 and I have a cell phone. I don't use it everyday. Only to call my parents. My parents are 7 percent because I stay home alone with my sisters. I just have my phone off and somewhere safe. (:

  • @xCookieYumx I'm 13 and I use my phone for the exact same purposes, because phones have been linked 2 cancer in the brain. I have a Macbook, iPhone 4, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, PS3, Xbox 360, and a Wii.

  • @TheMrSpartanking Wow. I have a Facebook, Myspace, and Youtube (as u can see) plus i guess Yahoo?.. Cancer in the brain? Yikes. (Hehe ) I know I'm not gonna use electronics for a while. I got new art supplies and I LOVE to draw :)

  • Yes, talking on cell phones is known to cause brain tumors. Also, I am aloud 2 use my laptop and everything I have unsupervised. And in case my parents try 2 look at my history, I clear it, my parents can't know my passwords, but I EARN these by getting all A's and I'm in the gifted program

  • @TheMrSpartanking Yeah I hate when my parents see my history. But unfortunetly (Spelling wrong) I share computer with my fam >:P

  • i believe kids should get a phone at around 13 or 12 maybe 11

  • Apparently, my parents are the 7 percent.

  • Im 13 and i got a cellphone ( a smart phone samsung) this year but i only use it for calling my parents and i dont really find it that amusing to be on a phone well on the internet i think its awesome

  • oh god he is 10!!! that is so stupid. I doubt he even deserves it. that is so stupid I understand if the school is far away but still. 10 year olds dont go to middle school. they are in like 4th or 5th grade. STUPID STUPID STUPID!! and come on NOBODY texts in class and you get your phone taken away even if your phone is ON IN YOUR BACKPACK!

  • wow, many americans are over-protective... i believe the parents should provide their child with a phone that they can talk and text (limited) with, in case they get lost or feel sad when they reach an age were they are not supervised. then, when they want a smartphone with a data plan they should pay, at least partially, for it themselves. while a parent should interfere if technology is used way too much, i think we need to learn ourselves. knowledge of how to keep safe is important.

  • Even the updated studies still say children under 12 shouldn’t be using phones.

    This is because their skulls aren't fully formed and as thick as adults until then.

  • @jaaguitar phones do emit radiation, however, it uses radiowaves - the same ones that provide us with wireless data connections and tv, and surrround us all the time. it is not particularly harmful as the radiation is not ionizing.

  • i hate how parents best excuse for kids not to watch TV or go on the internet is "we didnt have that stuff when we were kids"... and i'm all like "WHO CARES!!!"

  • oh my god i am nine yrs old, i have a cell phone,no one watches on the computer too so wow this parents need to get the picture that,CHILDREN ARENT DUMB and IF YOU DONT GIVE THEM SOMTHING AT LIKE 9 OR 10 THEN WHEN YOU DECIDE TO LET THEM GO ON THE COMPUTER UNSUPERVISED THEY ARE GONNA FRIEND A PROSTITUE OR PEDOPHILE. thank you

  • I have a regular Verizon Lg. My fiance has a prepaid phone where he buys the minutes. I disapprove young kids these days getting cell phone. Not just the track phone or prepaid ones. I'm talking the famous I touch. or I phone what ever it's called. Seriously why do kids young as middle school or elementary need famous I phone? If they need phones for emergency ONLY why not save the money and get them tracking phone or prepaid for crying out loud!! Sheesh!! Kids these days!!

  • I'm 13 and everyone in my school (no lie, the whole 8th grade has phones) except ME. I also got no facebook, and are restricted to do social stuff because of my STRICT ASIAN PARENTS. I mean, protection's great n all but really? I mean I should at least get a phone! I stay out after school TONS lately and I can't always catch my sister and tell her to tell my mom that I'm staying after school. *sigh* Idk

  • I'm too young to have a cell-phone, and I do have one. My parents wanted it so if I am alone without them, I can call them. Well, now the cellphone is.....oh, I don't know, I put somewhere and can't remember where I put it. I agree that I do NOT need a cell-phone.

  • I think they can get one when they can pay for it. Makes no difference then when you are poor. Just because your kids of the rich get real who needs a phone at 8!

  • @ALOVEROFBETTYBOOP im 12 and thats what my mom said :D

  • i got my at 8 because i had a prepaid that i didnt use so it was cheaper i have health problems so i have to have my phone so i can call my mom and she watches my facebook and protects me

  • I had a cell phone when i was 12 years old but didnt have texting. I'm 17 now and im not obsessed with my phone, i DO text often but not obsessively. My parents gave me a phone because they wanted me to be able to call them when i was at school because i had severe health problems. Though in my opinion i dont think my child would get a phone until she was older.

  • Elementary schoolers DO NOT need cell phones! It's ridiculous! Even a fourteen year old is too young, phones cause nothing but trouble sometimes, especailly with texting! You want to know why kids don't write well? They're taught through text speak and then they loose their grammar and spelling! And social networking is just stupid and causes trouble...Plus I think it's just asking to be stalked. I didn't get my phone until eigth grade 9I've had it for four years) and all I do is make calls...

  • This is ridiculous, children do not need cellphones. I'm an eighth grader and I just got a hand-me-down cellphone. Kids in my grade have BlackBerry's and iPhones, I mean really? What are you going to do, check your stocks in the middle of class?

  • @TheTabletennisgod: I agree with you. Hand me down is better than nothing. It's only to call emergency! And like you said why do kids these days need I phones and Blackberry. It just sickens me.

  • @TheTabletennisgod

    Some children DO need cell phones. The reason I got a cellphone is because my parents wanted me to be able to contact them and it's really come in handy, you're only looking at one point of having cell phones, not the main reason most kids get them which is to be able to call their parents.

  • @AmeliaJane74 OK, I see my classmates texting their parents and their friends in class, do you really need a 250+ dollar phone to call your parents?

  • @TheTabletennisgod

    Like I said, you are only looking at ONE PART of having a cell phone! I didn't get a super expensive cell phone to call my parents, all I'm saying is that some kids DO need cell phones ( Notice I didn't say smart phones or whatever ) so that they can contact their parents when they need to. Also notice that I didn't say contact their friends during class. Having a cell phone doesn't mean you're spoiled.

  • I send about 100 a day. Good thing I have unlimited.

  • I got my first phone at 8. Only bc my sister was 11 but i was more independent than her and my mom thought it would be easier to just call me instead of making me come home every 15 min. Just not even 4 years later and i am on my fourth phone. I got the Samsung Juke at 8, and a year later I got an enV Touch but that was stolen so I got the Samsung Rogue and a year after that my parents made me replace it because it was a really bad phone and now I have an LG enV3

  • I got mine for the 11th birthday

  • I got one my freshman year of highschool (iPhone!), and I am now a senior :) I never really needed a cell phone in middle school, but it would have been a lot more convenient to have one in certain situations. My 6th grader sister wants one (she's 11), and my parents won't let her yet because she really has no use for it. Sure, kids claim to need one for "emergencies," but that is definitely not the only reason ;)

  • I got my first cell phone when I was a frehsmen in highschool

  • I got one when i was 4.. Yeah i got a sucky LG one

  • @MilkyFruits soo?? sucky cell phone at 4 years old wtf are you retarded you cant even make phone calls at 4

  • i got one on my 10th birthday and i personoly think that parents should first have conversations BEFORE they get the phone and tell them how a HUGE RESPONDSIBILITIE THIS IS.

    BTW i am now 14 and i don't have one because I CHOOSE not to have one :D

  • I'm 11 now and I got my phone for my 11th bday before I starred middle school.

    I have to call my mom when I get out of my clubs and dances so she can pick me up

    It's really handy...so i think middle school is a good age. also my cousin has a phone and she is 6!!! She can't even read her text. She doesn't call her friends or text or anything.there is no reason for a phone at such a young age.

  • I think the appropriate age is around 10 -11.... especially if their parents are divorced, they may need contact with their other parent. Or for emergencies, especially if their alone with their friends, with their friends and their friend's parents. But if their the kind that may never go out much, or are capable of keeping in contact with their parents without phone, it's not necessary. That's only my opinion though... But the kids may also have to be responsible enough to carry a phone.

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  • 18 to surf privately... thats fucking stupid.

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  • "HURR DURR IM SEVEN AND USE FACEBOOK!" "IM SO MUCH MORE MATURE AND DIFFERENT!"

    You mean your the only one in seven million kids that go online to use social shit and have a cell phone? IMPLYING WE GIVE A SHIT.

    The one rule of the Interwebz is if your underage don't tell us your age because we don't care...

  • i got my first cellphone when i was 12 because i wanted more freedom to go places with my friend so a phone was just for that i could call into my house when i was out lol but now im 14

  • @XxmollyoliviaxX Well get off the internet your underage. B&.

  • @TheBloodyFloody how is 14 underage

  • @XxmollyoliviaxX 14 is Underage.

  • @TheBloodyFloody theres no age limit on the internet

  • @XxmollyoliviaxX Um. Think about it like this. If your not old enough to go out and buy a movie that is MA15+ then you shouldn't be on the internet.

  • @TheBloodyFloody live in canada so we dont have ma15+ movies

  • @TheBloodyFloody

    Hmm well I'm 11,and can pass for 15 cause I'm tall so I think I'm good hmm?

  • @hamtarofan4000 You kiding? Your probably as tall as a wet carrot.

  • @TheBloodyFloody

    No I'm not kidding, so fuck off I often get asked if I'm 14,15. Not to mention I've skipped two,and a half grades.

  • @hamtarofan4000 I could have skipped grades, but I chose not 2 because I don't want 2 be the last 1 2 hit puberty. I am 13 but often mistaken for a 15 year old. I am in seventh grade and I'm in the gifted program at my school. And I get all A's. (Not Asian)

  • @TheMrSpartanking

    .....Please don't reply to 7 month year old comments I don't even remember posting that. .-.

  • Who in the HELL buys a CHILD of 8 years old a cell phone.

    Who in the hell are they gonna call?!?!?

    When a child is walking around the mall chatting on a phone, it screams out, "I am alone in the mall, and my parents are nowhere around."

    Predators look for kids on cell phones.

  • @Siconyte i got my first cell phone when i was 8. and the only reason to get one at that age is for the parents to be able to be in contact with their child. like to check up on them if they went to the local park or something.

  • @Koolkid736

    Why are the parents not with the kids?

  • @Siconyte exactly. its basicly a way of letting them grow up. they get to start being able to go places alone and stuff. and if he/she has an emergency then he/she can call his/her mom (or dad). also the parents can check up on them anytime they want.

  • i use facebok and im 11

  • @holly13000 lol i use facebook and im 11 too. i stated using it when i was 9

  • @Koolkid736 using a sit meant and sit up for college students when you start at age 9! lets see how much of a bully you turn into!

  • @pyKLEB27 what do you mean "sit"???? like im SITING on a chair? im kinda confused lol. and im not a bully and i never will be a bully. infact, i stick up for people who get bullied.

  • i want a phone and im almost going to be 12 in december

  • @holly13000 My birtdays in december and im going 2 to 12 also!

  • @bigdog88ish cool my birthday in in december too

  • @livin4jesus0225

    "Than how come back in the 40s and 50s when all kids were spaked the most rebellious thing a kid could do is chew gum in class? "

    40s and 50s? You mean when we had wars, racism, sexism,? What evidence do you have to support this? Also what evidence does this have to do with spanking? I need objective evidence to support your claim. Not saying it to be true but empirically it fails.

  • @livin4jesus0225

    You ignored my question. If physical discomfort teaches children then why not advocate your boss doing it to you? How about children initiating that force against their parents when they screw up. Logically, morally and empirically spanking fails.

    "And spanking is not abuse."

    Can I spank you? Why or why not. That question will prove my point that it's abuse.

    "A butt is a cushion, a bare hand cannot damage a cushion."

    If that were the case the butt wouldn't have nerves.

  • @livin4jesus0225

    "Any Grandparent will tell you kids are lot more rebelious these days, and it all started when parents stoped spanking thier kids."

    Spanking = abuse. For example if parents screw up may they hit their parents? Why not? If the idea you're setting is violence = discipline then why can't children initiate the same act of aggression to their parents?

    Children are aggressive because they are raised in authoritarian households. Like sponges kids reiterate behavior.

  • @livin4jesus0225

    "This whole "Let the kids do what they want to do" approach is the reason why kids mouth off to teachers and don't care. "

    I never said let kids do what they want. Also kids mouth off to teachers because they are forced to be in a place they don't want to be and are bored out of their minds. I find aggression a rational response to the initiation of force.

  • @livin4jesus0225

    Your not overseeing you controlling. My parents didn't set arbitrary age limits on what i can or cannot do. They simply gave me facts and incentives to behave rather than the authoritarian approach it seems your for.

  • @livin4jesus0225

    I'm glad your not my mom.

  • I signed up for linkedin at age 4

  • Here is one option my Mom decided for us:

    Parent's Advantage: You get a phone at age 14 cuz that is when you can actually stay home alone.

    Kid's Advantage: You can get any phone you could possibly want ;)

  • just get an ipoid touch and download the app textplus there u go ! problem solved!

  • what up with these children here on youtube! :0

  • U NO WAT I SAW A WHOLE MUCH OF KID THAT R YOUNGER THEN 10 AND THEY HAVE A PHONE!!! AND I SAW MY LITTLE 6 YEARS OLD COUSIN WITH HER 13 FRIENDS WALKING WITH CELL PHONES AND EVERY WHEREE I LOOK I SAW THEM WITH PHONES!!! LOL:) WAT A WORLD;P

  • I HAVE A SISTER (8 MONTHS) AND SHE ALREADY HAVE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT!

  • WHEN I WAS SIX I ALREADY HAVE A PHONE....

  • What the heck, I'VE BEEN UNSUPERVISED on my computer, ever since i was 5!

    haha, i got a facebook when i was 8, really, nobody's gonna wait till they are 18!

  • I saw this 7 year old girl with a blackberry

  • @yolrotty  lol:)

  • I got my first cell phone in 7th grade... Ya know what you do? Get them a prepaid phone and have them pay for it. Teaches them responsibility, but they just think they're getting what they want. Sneaky, no?

  • @BreakingShambhala i got mine wen i was i n 3rd grade its a prepaid phone

  • FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCK IT

  • Facebook, and twitter at 18? So im 16 and im old enough to operate a car but not have a Facebook? That makes no scene.

  • @billybobpeach i know these parent go off the logic that OH i didnt have that when i was young and i got by . That way of thinking is close minded

  • i started facebook when i was 8!

  • i got my facebook when i was 7 twitter at 11 when it came out and cell at 7 holy fuck these people r r-tards holy fuck facebook at 18 wtf im 12 and i look at porn all the time...

  • @cameron21ROCKS wow thats the exact same for me....

  • i got mine when i was 7

  • i think you should be 8 thats when i got mine cause you never know whats going to happen and i got the virgin mobile xtc and when my mom drops me off at the mall or the movie i can keep in touch with her or if i was bored and i wanted to txt my freind or talk to them i think the best company for 8 thru 11 is virgin mobile and 12 and up would be good for contract phones like att,sprint,verizon, and others

  • I got my first fone when I was 11 :D but my mom gave me her old razr as a start..

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  • Parents, DO NOT count on a cell phone to do the parenting for you!!! If you're too lazy to supervise a young child, except when you are at work, in which case your child should be looked after by a responsible adult caregiver, you should not have kids to begin with.

  • i know a 7 year old that has a phone im turning 11 and my parents might get me a phone for my birthday i have at least 10 friends and know at least 5 people in the second grade with a phone, do u think its reasonable for me to get one? plz respond

  • First phone i got it when i was 8 or 7

  • What's with all these 9 and 10 and 11 yr olds with this super expensive phones?!?!? Dude that's straight up spoiled if you ask me. Everyone knows you start with the crappy phone then slowly make your way to the awesome phones :D lol

  • @00jacketlong00 whatever. ppl could do what they want

  • @sky981famous its my opinion god calm down

  • i was 11 and got a blackberry 8700 when it first came out

  • my first phone at 7

  • well im 11 and responsible and i am getting a blackberry curve 8520

  • I got mine at 13. I think that was good. I would have like it better at 12 tho.

  • 7 and a half? i cunsume 12 to 13 hours a day

  • I got my first phone wen I was 9

  • 9 year olds can have cell phones, some way to communicate with their friends, its good to have a cell phone with you, if you dont wanna waste ur minutes on your cell phone, Heres My Advice: On the weeks use your cellphone after 9:00 at night, and at weeknds like Saturday and Sunday, You can be able to use your phone, texting is free but calls are causing minutes. Besides, I dont wanna see any bad replies on this comment that I posted, becuz if you something to say about it, say it to urself.

  • @cdiokno I agree. I think it depends on the child. If they're responsible at 8 or 9, you can get them a phone but nothing to high-tech and expensive. Just a simple one. And then maybe when they get a little older and they have a good reputation like good grades and good behavior then they can get even nicer phones. It really depends on the child themselves. So yeah, have curfews and stuff so they don't go overboard.

  • @CoolCamClub I have a phone but I'm not aloud to say how old I am and i'm such a txter!!!!!!

  • I am 10 and my phone is the Palm Pre Plus.

  • Heres what I don't get: Why?

    Why should a 9 year old have a phone?

    People say "for emergencies". Like what?? 9 year olds should always be under supervision by an adult anyway! Unless your just a neglectful parent who never knows where they're kid is..Sheesh