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When Should a Child Get a Cell Phone?
When is the right time to give a child a cell phone?
This is a question that more and more families are trying to answer. For our generation, it feels a bit like uncharted territory; after all, most of us didn't get cell phones until we were adults. But things have changed. Children are getting cell phones at younger and younger ages.
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