Public Opinion Says No Tablets or Smartphones 'Til You're 16 [INFOGRAPHIC]

i'm 18 and don't even have a cell phone........ *sigh*

I have an iPad. I got it using my own savings, with a little bit of help of parents.
I have a Nokia c3 that I got free from Vodafone store, because of the contract.
Who needs smartphones. My phone's better.

Untiill they turn 21 and start working for it:)

Fine if they buy it themselves.

My 11 year old saved his money and bought an iPad for his birthday. Has a basic cell phone because that's what $10/month gets.

Considering 16 is when most will get their driver's license and will try texting WHILE driving, I'd like them to be very practiced at texting, long before they try to do both.

I think they shouldn't get any of the above listed items until they can afford it themselves!

Yeah unless you want a phone as a 13th birthday gift, there is no need for a phone until your 16th birthday.

I had to BUY my own toys and products growing up. I can remember saving up my allowance to buy a telescope just before we moved to the mountains. I enjoyed it thoroughly since I took the time to buy it myself. If this generation would do the same, we wouldn't have to worry about responsibility.

What?! I couldn't live without my android...

Why am I not surprised to learn you are 15¿

Oh ha ha. I would think no smartphone before 13, little kids don't need them, and I bought mine myself anyway.

depends how responsible and mature they are.

At Birth

Can we just have our phones back?

Believe it or not there was life before cell phones and computers.

Very.

dunno?

The question was cell phones, wasn't it? not smart phones and tablets. nobody still in high school needs a fancy smart phone or tablet. If someone wants something that expensive they should buy it themselves. Tablets are a big waste of money anyways.

I bought it myself, so does that mean I get to keep it?

...when exactly did I say otherwise?

You said no one in high school needs a smartphone, if they want something so expensive they should buy it themselves. Does that mean I still shouldn't have one, or am I excused because I bought it myself?

why don't you read what I said and figure it out, I made it pretty clear. good day.

me too, I never had my own computer before then, why would a kid need that? a cheap cell phone when they're in early high school maybe, but no fancy smart phones or anything. That's way too much money.

exactly. the only reason i even got a cell phone in the first place was because i made the soccer team and my dad needed to know wen to pick me up. I got it as a necessity, not as a luxury.

yep, I got one because i had to take two different buses home from school and then walk a few miles and my mom wanted me to tell her whenever i was on the way home. and she decided not to pay for the landline anymore because she used her cell so much for business, so she wanted my sister and i to have phones to use. but they were always the free phones that you can get at verizon when you sign a new contract, she would never actually spend money on the phone, just the extra lines on the family plan which are like 10 bucks each a month.

it's like when I got my first car, it was an old carolla that had been in a wreck and had no airbags so i wasn't allowed to drive on the freeway lol, it was like 5 grand. and i only got it so i could pick my sister up from school and start running all the errands my mom used to. she said "thank god you got a license now, i'm never driving anywhere I don't absolutely have to ever again' lol. She didn't step foot in a grocery store or the like until I moved out for college.

lol same here about the license. i get to drive lil sis around. and i hav a corolla too.

yep, my mom was thrilled for me to get a license, she unloaded any and all driving she had to do for us before onto me. I didn't care, i was so excited to be driving and to have a car I would drive anywhere she asked me! lol it's a good strategy to get your kids to do stuff.

''because of soccer and my dad needed to know wen to pick me up''

In my day we relied on something called a watch or clock and phones stayed home.

yeah, i voted no before at least 16

I believe children should have a cell phone. They wouldn't be getting an expensive one like an I Phone or any of these new phones with internet capability. We were lucky if we were given Walkie talkies when we were kids. There are tons of people out there who think their children should get the best this world has to offer and not the basic necessities,Food, Clothing and shelter. Sometimes their children grow up spoiled and freak out if they don't have their devices when they leave the house. When you give a child everything they want they will grow up thinking they should be handed everything they need and not work for it.

Wow, that is a lot of info

Works for me.

I don't even have a Tablet or a Smartphone so what makes anyone think my kid is going to get one.

i agree, tablets are a big waste of money, and Iphones and stuff are just status symbols, they're no necessary at all. ESPECIALLY for a teenager.

As our society slowly but surely evolves into technobots I see "Wee" phones being issued at birth.

I say you can have a smart phone as soon as you know how to read, for some Americans thats a little bit longer lol.

americans make me sick

Cellphones, tablets, and smartphones are not toys. That's the only thing young children should be getting. For computer stuff? A family computer that is constantly observed. Allowing children to have these things is just one more step in making them grow up too fast.