Comments on: You Tell Us: Cell Phones for 5 Year Olds http://blog.tinyprints.com/general-information/you-tell-us-cell-phones-for-5-year-olds/ Stationery small talk: your online destination for news, trends, and creative ideas for your social stationery needs Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:26:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Noga http://blog.tinyprints.com/general-information/you-tell-us-cell-phones-for-5-year-olds/comment-page-1/#comment-5564 Noga Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:35:44 +0000 http://blog.tinyprints.com/?p=1341#comment-5564 My daughter is five years old and is in kindergarten. She rides the bus home from school everyday. I am a working mother and thankfully I am able to bring my daughter to work with me whenever I please. I am planning on getting her a cell phone so that whenever she is away from me there is always a way for her to contact me. You just never know what can happen. She will only be able to have the phone when I allow her to... she won't be able to just play with it all of the time. I will teach her how to charge it every night before she goes to sleep and give her a cute case to carry it in. I believe that this will teach her responsibility, and show her that I trust that she can take care of a phone. I will give her a set of rules to follow. If this is instilled at such a young age it's most likely to carry on throughout her years. I'm not saying that every five year old should have a cell phone. I would not give my daughter a phone if I did not feel that she is responsible enough to take care of it and know how to use it. It's a decision that every parent can only make individually, and no one has room to say if it's the right or wrong thing to do. Only the parent knows the child's daily schedule and can determine if a phone could be of benefit to the parent and child! My daughter is with her father every other weekend and I will feel good knowing that she can call me easily when she is not with me. My daughter is five years old and is in kindergarten. She rides the bus home from school everyday. I am a working mother and thankfully I am able to bring my daughter to work with me whenever I please. I am planning on getting her a cell phone so that whenever she is away from me there is always a way for her to contact me. You just never know what can happen. She will only be able to have the phone when I allow her to… she won’t be able to just play with it all of the time. I will teach her how to charge it every night before she goes to sleep and give her a cute case to carry it in. I believe that this will teach her responsibility, and show her that I trust that she can take care of a phone. I will give her a set of rules to follow. If this is instilled at such a young age it’s most likely to carry on throughout her years.

I’m not saying that every five year old should have a cell phone. I would not give my daughter a phone if I did not feel that she is responsible enough to take care of it and know how to use it. It’s a decision that every parent can only make individually, and no one has room to say if it’s the right or wrong thing to do. Only the parent knows the child’s daily schedule and can determine if a phone could be of benefit to the parent and child! My daughter is with her father every other weekend and I will feel good knowing that she can call me easily when she is not with me.

]]> By: speedykushion http://blog.tinyprints.com/general-information/you-tell-us-cell-phones-for-5-year-olds/comment-page-1/#comment-4240 speedykushion Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:33:13 +0000 http://blog.tinyprints.com/?p=1341#comment-4240 my grandson is a diabetic and i think he needs a phone just to be able to contact parents or 911 in case of emergency my grandson is a diabetic and i think he needs a phone just to be able to contact parents or 911 in case of emergency

]]> By: LD http://blog.tinyprints.com/general-information/you-tell-us-cell-phones-for-5-year-olds/comment-page-1/#comment-1493 LD Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:26:49 +0000 http://blog.tinyprints.com/?p=1341#comment-1493 I am divorced with two kids, my oldest is 5. I tell my son that he can call me anytime, however this is not true because of my x. I am thinking about getting him a phone so that he can call me whenever he wants. granted its going to be a phone that only allows him to call specific numbers I am divorced with two kids, my oldest is 5. I tell my son that he can call me anytime, however this is not true because of my x. I am thinking about getting him a phone so that he can call me whenever he wants. granted its going to be a phone that only allows him to call specific numbers

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