| Take a random tween, age 8-12, place them
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| | kids need a safety mechanism and having a
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| in front of a rotary phone and observe at
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| | cell phone handy does provide added
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| the blank stare of bewilderment. Yes,
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| | protection in the form of determining
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| gone are the days of the landline, pushed
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| | whereabouts and phoning for help.Con: Big
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| aside by the next wave of technological
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| | safe mechanism, however, if any parent
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| advancement. Mobile phones are fast
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| | purchases a cell phone for their kid
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| displacing landlines in many homes;
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| | using the catchy marketing ploy directed
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| accompanying this movement is the fact
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| | to parents, '...start loosening the reins
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| kids regularly use and know how to use
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| | and let their kids travel unsupervised,'
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| these cell phones. The mobility of cell
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| | they have the wrong perception regarding
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| phones means you can be anywhere and have
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| | the purpose of a phone. Anybody who
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| the necessity, or should I say the
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| | believes that providing a cell phone to a
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| convenience, of a phone.Cellular service
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| | child automatically provides them with
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| providers and manufacturers would enjoy
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| | responsibility and ability to take care
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| nothing more than exploiting the vastly
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| | of themselves, when they were unable to
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| untapped tween market. However, is it
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| | do so before a cell phone, are relying
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| necessary to provide cell phones to kids
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| | too heavily on 'parenting by technology'.
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| age 8-12? What makes it necessary today?
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| | Be mindful of such reasoning when
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| Is the simple the notion of having the
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| | thinking about buying a cell phone.Con:
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| technology enough reason to equip younger
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| | Another item to consider, are we turning
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| and younger customers with phones? Where
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| | our kids into internet and mobile phone
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| do we draw the line when it comes to
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| | junkies? One should question whether
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| tweens owning cell phones, and when
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| | connecting kids 24/7 to their friends via
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| should we be restricting use? The
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| | cell phone will influence their social
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| remainder of this article will discuss
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| | habits. Also, cell phones are quickly
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| the pros and cons of purchasing cell
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| | becoming the norm and the fashion. Kids
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| phones for kids. It will discuss the
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| | will demand to be hip like their buddies
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| social aspects, health concerns, and cost
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| | from school who sport the latest cell
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| issues.Social and Cost Issues:Weighing in
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| | phone, or any cell phone for that matter.
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| at a paltry 56 grams, designed with a
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| | Parents will be pressed to give in to
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| smaller frame to accommodate smaller
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| | ignescent demands of 'everyone else has
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| hands, measuring 88 x 44 x 20 mm, one of
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| | one', or 'I want to be cool like the
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| the leading cell phones targeted
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| | other kids'. Sure it may be good to have
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| exclusively towards the 8-12 market, the
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| | your kid fit in, but since when is school
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| Firefly. It offers up to 2.5 hours of
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| | primarily a popularity contest?
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| talk time, and up to 100 hours of
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| | Furthermore, when does fitting in cost so
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| standby, basically it's your bare bones
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| | much?! The thing with cell phones is
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| cell phone that permits parent's to limit
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| | there are monthly costs attached -- not a
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| outgoing calls to certain numbers and
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| | one time sunk cost. Chances are you will
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| also sports 'mom' and 'dad' buttons for
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| | pay the monthly fees. Some options are
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| quick dialling. The Firefly is marketed
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| | available to have 'pay-as-you-go'
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| with such catch phrases as "Parents of
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| | options, you pay for whatever minutes you
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| pre-teens understand that it's time to
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| | purchase, however, either or, the more
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| start loosening the reins and letting
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| | your kid talks on the phone, the more you
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| their kids travel unsupervised to school,
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| | pay.
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| the library, or friends' houses."Pro: Yes
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