SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - In a new book, the author recommends that kids have little or even no access to cell phones until they’re 16. In the book “The Anxious Generation,” Jonathan Haidt writes that ...

After much deliberation, my husband and I decided to let our daughter have a cell phone at 11. We laid down important ground rules, some of which were broken. The rules evolved as our daughter got ...

If you’re one of those parents who doesn’t want their kid to get a cell phone until they’re 30, you might want to reconsider. For as much doom-and-gloom as we’ve heard about kids and cell phone usage, ...

Dear Action Line: My 10-year-old daughter is after me to buy her "what all the other kids have" - a smart phone. Is this something kids need or should have? - N.P., Tulsa. This is like learning to ...

When is the right age to get your child a cellphone? Contributor Amy Davis explores this topic and shares a smartphone contract she has with her daughter. That was the cry from our 12-year-old since ...

You've seen (and heard) the cell-savvy teenagers talking and texing day and night, their frenzied thumbwork interrupted by an occasional ringtone blast from Kanye West. Now the tweens want theirs, too ...

(Stacker) - Many kids get their first phone as a gift. In fact, according to a 2022 study in JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 59.1% of participants (kids ages 4-18) reported getting their first cell ...