This isn’t crazy, this is sick! I JUST got my first cell phone at the age of 14- which I admit- is young- BUT AT 10!? WTF?
“Half a million kids in the UK under the age of ten will have a mobile phone by the end of next year, according to research published by market intelligence outfit mobileYouth.
Today, one in nine (400,000) children aged between five and nine has a mobile phone. In 2000, the number was less than 80,000.” [The Register]
Ridiculous indeed! Why do they need mobile phones at such a young age? Both my cousins (boy – 10, girl – 12) have them and the boy even chalked up over $100 in bills once. Parents were mad, but they paid for it and just continued to pay his bills. Geez!