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I struggle with this too. I think it depends on the kid and their maturity level for sure.

Our eldest (8) has already called the police a couple times and the police have had to come and talk with him about why it's important not to call them unless it's a real emergency. I can just see him having a cell phone and seeing someone drop their ice cream on the ground and he'd call the police!

I don't like internet access 24/7 and wonder if you can get special "kid" plans for this sort of thing?!

So that we can be in contact or someone is late picking her up? Yes. But it'll be heavily disabled as far as internet and "fun stuff" goes until she is older! Maybe 13 for age-wise? I dunno, we'll see. Maybe one shared "kid phone". I don't necessarily want her using my phone to chat with her friends, since mine will have more functions on it.

As far as technology goes, I dare her to outwit DH and I on that, lol

Dh's ex wife just got DD (I claim her, she's always lived with us full time) an iphone. She is 13 and neither of us wanted her to have a cell phone yet. We did have an "extra" flip phone that was available if she was going somewhere when the time frame for pick up wasn't set or somewhere that I just wanted to have contact with her. We have found a way to block all apps and internet though so she can't use that stuff unless we enter a password first. I didn't like my 13 year old having access to the whole internet at the tips of her fingers!

10-12 probably.

Maybe 10 years old...