Around 10. It all depends on their level of maturity and responsibility, but most people that age are fine for an iPhone or something.

Giving children smartphones at a "ripe" age is a hugely debatable topic, but for the most part it depends on both maturity and trust. It's important for you and your child to discuss the "bad parts" of texting, social media, and the internet as a whole. Sheltering your children will not do them any good in the long run, they'll hide things from you in fear of your judgement. If your family is accepting enough to say "If you're going to drink, just do it around family" your child will have nothing to hide, feels that they can both trust their family, and learns to stay responsible.

I agree, around the time they are mature enough to have one, but if a kid is to addicted to lets say Instagram or social media on their phone, they should lose that responsibility despite their age.

They should have one when they actually need one, before they can have a anormal just phone and text one

I think will have to wait until the children as an adult, because young children self-control ability is poor, easy to indulge in mobile phone, if you want to give it a mobile phone in advance, then I suggest you install mobile phone jammers in the home, prevent them from staying up late watching a mobile phone.

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I can't say I would base it off age, but I would base it off maturity. If my kid does well in school and works hard then they would probably get a smart phone at an earlier age. Otherwise if they need a phone than it'll just be a generic flip phone for use in emergencies. No additional things to distract them.

No it is not a good choice to give kids smart phones, because where phones are useful they can be very lethal and can leave a bad impression. Other then that, you can get them a phone having call/messages that can help and doesn't have any negative impact. You can buy back to school coupons through which you will be able to get the best discounts for school supplies.

it is not about age.. it is about necessity of smartphone ... try to avoid use of smartphone as much as possible. and if cellphone not required do not use them.. if kids need cellphone for any reason teach them the use of cellphone. good effect and bad effect of cellphone.. tell them to use the cellphone only when required.

I think if you were looking at age, you'd have to give them a phone when they get into late middle school or early high school. I personally think it's about the kid though, each child is different, some are more immature, and some are less. It really depends on the child