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How much danger can a cell phone do to your child? It is well known that driving and the use of a cell phone at the same time is a major factor in automobile accidents in the ages of 18 years and younger. What is a good age to hand your child a cell phone?
 
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Sept. 26, 2007
# Of Words: 394
 
 

Cellular phones are becoming more and more popular as the years progress. Many people now days have also discontinued the use of land lines and have faithfully committed to a cell phone. It has even gone as far as every person in the household owning a cell phone because certain cell phone carriers make it cheaper and give better bargains when you add numerous lines to your account.

 

Although, what is the proper age to own a cell phone? Many parents may think it is good way of keeping track of their child, but in all reality it could play a major part of danger in their child's life. For instance, if your child is out with his or her friends driving in the family car and you as the parent are calling them to let them know it’s time to come home when all of a sudden because the phone was ringing and they were distracted your child was in a serious car accident. Not only was your child involved in the accident but the other children were involved as well. That would make you as the parent responsible for all of them in your vehicle, and not only are all these children hurt or possibly killed, but now you are going to have to live with knowing that if you only had given it a second thought of putting that cell phone in your child’s hand this might have not ever happened. Does it seem like a good way of keeping track of your child now?

 

Today mostly all cell phone commercials are directed to teenagers and even younger. Although when you go into a cell phone store trying to purchase one they immediately ask for your license and make sure you are 18 years of age or older. Maybe that should also apply to owning a cell phone and even the use of a cell phone. For parents that add your children to your cell phone accounts maybe you should think twice about what kind of damage this can do.

 

Cell phones have played a major role in car accidents, and most of the age groups of these accidents are under the age of 18. So what exactly is the proper age to be given a cell phone? Or perhaps what age would you like to put your child in danger?

 

 

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Oct. 02, 2007

#Of Words: 412

 

 

Cellular phones are becoming more and more popular as the years progress. Many people today have also discontinued the use of land lines and have faithfully committed to a cell phone. It has even gone as far as every person in the household including the children owning a cell phone because certain cell phone carriers make it cheaper and give better bargains when you add numerous lines to your account.

 

Although, what is the proper age to own a cell phone? Many parents may think it is good way of keeping track of their child, so they give them a cell phone to keep track of the child. In all reality it could be a major risk factor in the child's life. For instance, if your child is out with his or her friends and they are driving around and you as the parent are calling them to let them know it’s time to come home when all of a sudden because the phone was ringing and they were distracted your child was in a serious car accident. Not only was your child involved in the accident but the other children in the vehicle were involved as well. That would make you as the parent responsible for all of them in your vehicle, and not only are all these children hurt or possibly killed, but now you are going to have to live with knowing that if you only had given it a second thought of putting that cell phone in your child’s hand this might have not ever happened. Does it seem like a good way of keeping track of your child now?

 

Today mostly all cell phone commercials are directed to teenagers and even younger, but when you go into a cell phone store trying to purchase one they immediately ask for some sort of identification and make sure you are 18 years of age or older. Maybe that should also apply to owning a cell phone and even the use of a cell phone. For parents that add your children to your cell phone accounts maybe you should think twice about what kind of damage this can do.

 

Cell phones have played a major role in car accidents, and most of the age groups of these accidents are under the age of 18. So what exactly is the proper age to be given a cell phone? Or perhaps what age would you like to put your child in danger?

 

 

 

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Oct. 05, 2007

#of Words: 430

 

 

Cellular phones are becoming more and more popular as the years progress. Many people today have discontinued the use of land lines and have faithfully committed to cellular phones. It has even gone as far as every person in the household including the children owning a cell phone because certain cell phone carriers make it cheaper and give better bargains when you add numerous lines to your account.

 

So what is the proper age to own a cell phone? Well, many parents may think it is good way of keeping track of their child so therefore they give them a cell phone thinking they have done something positive. But in all reality it could be a major risk factor in the child's life. For instance, if your child is out with his or her friends and they are driving around and you as the parent are calling them to let them know it’s time to come home when all of a sudden because the phone was ringing and they were distracted your child was in a serious car accident. Not only was your child involved in the accident but the other children in the vehicle were involved as well. That would make you as the parent responsible for all of them in your vehicle, and not only are all these children hurt or possibly killed, but now you are going to have to live with knowing that if you only had given it a second thought of putting that cell phone in your child’s hand this might have not ever happened. Does it seem like a good way of keeping track of your child now?

 

Another thing about the proper age of owning a cell phone is that today mostly all cell phone commercials are directed to teenagers and younger. How about when you go into a cell phone store trying to purchase one the sales associate immediately will ask for some sort of identification and make sure you are 18 years of age or older. Maybe that should also apply to owning a cell phone and possibly even the use of a cell phone. For parents that add your children to your cell phone accounts maybe you should think twice about what kind of damage this can do.

 

Cell phones have played a major role in car accidents, and most of the age groups of these accidents are under the age of 18. So what exactly is the proper age to be given a cell phone? Or perhaps what age would you like to put your child in danger?

 

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Oct. 09, 2007

#of Words: 404

 

 

With the increasing popularity of cellular phones in today’s market more families have discontinued the use of land lines and every person in the household including the children now own their own cellular phone. That is with the help of many cell phone carriers offering better bargains when you add numerous phones to your account. But what is the proper age to give your child a cell phone?

Well, many parents may think it is good way of keeping track of their child, therefore they give them a cell phone thinking they have done something positive. But in reality it could be a major risk factor in the child's life.

For instance, if your child is out driving around with his or her friends and you as the parent are calling them to let them know it’s time to come home when all of a sudden because the phone was ringing and they were distracted your child was in a serious car accident. Not only was your child involved in the accident but the other children in the vehicle were involved as well. That would make you as the parent responsible for all of them in your vehicle, and not only are all these children hurt or possibly killed, but now you are going to have to live with knowing that if you only had given it a second thought of putting that cell phone in your child’s hand this might have not ever happened. Does it seem like a good way of keeping track of your child now?

Another thing I am confused about is that mostly all cell phone advertisements on television are directed towards teenagers and younger. However, when you go into a cell phone store trying to purchase a phone the sales associate will immediately ask for identification making sure that you are at least 18 years of age or older. Maybe that should also apply to owning a cell phone and possibly even the use of one. For parents that add their children to their accounts maybe you should think twice about what kind of damage this can do.

Cell phones have played a major role in car accidents, and most of the ages of these accidents are under the age of 18. So what exactly is the proper age to be given a cell phone? Or perhaps what age would you like to put your child in danger?