It's not called being spoiled, times have changed, and an increasing amount of kids are "more free" or they stay after school a lot so a phone is meant as a safety device for the parents to reach them. I first got a cellphone when I was in 6th grade, and I now just finished my second year of uni (19 years old). The reason I got mine was for the reason I stated above, I stayed after school almost every day of the week, so my parents bought me one so they could reach me. About six months later, they bought by sister a cellphone and she was in 3rd grade. Granted I didn't get a smartphone until my senior year of high school (I got the iPhone 4 the day it came out on Verizon), but its still a necessity.
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It's not called being spoiled, times have changed, and an increasing amount of kids are "more free" or they stay after school a lot so a phone is meant as a safety device for the parents to reach them. I first got a cellphone when I was in 6th grade, and I now just finished my second year of uni (19 years old). The reason I got mine was for the reason I stated above, I stayed after school almost every day of the week, so my parents bought me one so they could reach me. About six months later, they bought by sister a cellphone and she was in 3rd grade. Granted I didn't get a smartphone until my senior year of high school (I got the iPhone 4 the day it came out on Verizon), but its still a necessity.
If he's anything like my 13 y/o nephew fees and charges will be payable on use and he'd be making a profit. So maybe not so badly off.
Haha, I was just like this when I was that age. I used to charge my younger sister 50 cents for every 15 minutes she wanted to use my laptop, and then I would charge her something like 25 cents for every page she wanted to print!
A phone is a necessity, not a smartphone. Billions and billions of people grew up just fine without being tethered to a device all the time.
Oh, I know! I wasn't saying that a smartphone is a necessity, just that a phone is. To be honest, its not technically a necessity, but for some young people, it's a wise thing for their parents to get them.