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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.
Children and Cellphones. 1  On average, children are 12.1 when they receive their first mobile device. 2  56 percent of children, age 8 to 12, have a cellphone. 3  60 percent of families who have provided a cellphone to their child did so between the ages of 10 and 11. 20 percent provided their 8 to 9 year olds with a cellphone. Among children 8 years of age and younger, 21 percent use smartphones. 69 percent of families with young children under 8 years old have a smartphone. 38 percent of children under 2 used a mobile device for media. [Source]