Moms Talk: What's the Right Age to Have a Cellphone?

Cellphones: part perfuctory, part neccessity in today's overly digital communication. But when you see a kindergartner dig past her crayons for the iPhone mom sent her off to school with, you've got to wonder, how young is too young for cellphones?

Welcome to another installment of Moms Talk Q&A. So far, this column has addressed a number of potentially sticky parenting issues, and we've gotten some great feedback.

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And now on to this week's question:

At what age should children have their own cellphones, and are smartphones a different story?

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