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Army Wives’ Catherine Bell On How Young Is Too Young For a Cell Phone
Army Wives' Catherine Bell
On Army Wives, Catherine Bell plays mom Denise Sherwood. While she has a grown son(oh, how we miss Jeremy!) and a newborn daughter on the show, she has an 8 year-old daughter, Gemma, and a 9 month-old son, Ronan, in real life.
Catherine doesn’t have to deal with life and death issues in her day to day life, like her character does. Though, don’t tell her daughter Gemma that a cell phone isn’t a life or death matter!
Cell phones are so common these days that it’s assumed that everyone has one. And that “everyone” keeps getting younger and younger!
What age should you allow your child to have a cell phone? While Catherine Bell’s daughter is already asking for one, the Army Wives star says “Maybe 11/12! She keeps asking!”
What do you think? At what age will you let your children have a cell phone?
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Oka commented on May 27 11 at 1:45 pmI have a spare Pay as you go phone that my 13yr old and 10yr old share. They only use it when there is an absolute need.
LogicalMama commented on May 27 11 at 2:00 pmIt’s aggravating to see seven and eight year olds with cell phones b/c it just puts pressure on the rest of us that find it unnecessary! Let’s put aside the entitlement issue (b/c that is often what it’s about when the parents cave) and look at the health risks… cell phone radiation clearly morphs the brain, and being that our childrens brains are still developing, why take that chance when it’s just a novelty for them anyway, and it opens them up to a world they may not be emotionally or socially ready for!
That being said, I don’t think 13 and 10 is too young, and that OKA has her kids sharing it, is probably a good thing too, b/c at 10, does a child really need their own phone? I mean before cell phones, when we used to have the “teen line” for kids at home, I didn’t get mine until high school, nor did any of my friends and many didn’t get one at all!
MamaOfTwo commented on May 27 11 at 9:23 pmMy two year old son likes to play with our cell phones. So we gave him our broken ones to play with as a toy. I got my first cell phone when I was able to drive. My parents want me to have it for if something happened with the car or if I need to call 911. I was told I was not allowed to use it while driving. I think 16 is young enough. My sister’s all got there earlier than me because they wanted to have one like me.
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