Today kids get phones as young as the age of 6. The main reason kids as young as 6 get phones is because their parents get divorced. The parents want their child to be able to get a hold of them at all times, so they give their child a phone, which most people don't have a problem with but parents can get their child a track phone which lets the parents decide who the child can call. Instead parens are giving their children iPhones and other smart phones that give their child access to the internet which has inappropriate sites, images, and advertisements that are just waiting for their children to stumble onto.
Parents can put a parental lock on the phone, but children are very smart and cunning, usual most kids can guess what the code is, get around the block, and put it back so their parents don't see whats going on. I know that when I was young, I guessed the parental lock on the my iPod touch that my parents gave me, so that I could watch some music videos on youtube. Kids are getting very tech savvy at a young age and its the parents job to protect them from things they do not understand or are not ready to see at that age. Parents should not give their children smart phones until they have reached a mature age, where they are able to decide what appropriate or not to view.
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