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Ruth Peters, a child psychologist in Clearwater, Fla., said most children were not ready for their own phones until age 11 to 14, when they were in middle school.
While marketing to children under the age of thirteen is not allowed, kids are being handed parentsâ cell phones to play games and listen to music. As they get older and parents give them their first cell phones, these kids, having grown up on the Internet, will use these mobile devices for more than communications.