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What's the right age for parents to get their kids a cell phone? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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In the younger generation, many children have access to phones at around 11 years old or even
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, which is not good for their mental well-being. There are millions of reasons as to why social
media
 exposure to a very young
child
 is not good. Exposure
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 the
media
 at a young age can be an influence
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 the
child
 and they lack the sense of knowledge to differentiate what is right and what is wrong.
Moreover
, they can be exposed to the much darker side of the
media
 which in turn causes depression and could
also
 lead to
suicidial
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suicidal
 thoughts for they do not know how to handle
such
 situations.
This
 leads them to make decisions which affect their mental, physical and emotional well-being.
However
, when a
child
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has reached that level of maturity and knowledge of differentiating right from wrong, they
arent
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 affected much by the exposure
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 the
media
. In fact, they avoid
such
 reckless decisions which could impact their mental health. They
also
 don't interact much with strangers online, knowing the threats and dangers they pose. In conclusion, the right age for parents to give a phone to their
child
 is at least
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16 years if not more than that. It all depends on how the
child
 processes information and how they deal with
such
 situations.
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