do you think its ok for an 8 year old to have there own mobile phone ?

Rroff said:
Everyone has a facebook account these days lol... from my newly born nephew to my relatives in their 80s :S
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My daughter doesnt, I dont and my wife doesnt. So not everyone :p

Personally I think your sister-in-law is out of order, if it was me I would be having a serious talk with her about her raining her neck in. Its not that there is a problem with your kids having phones or a facebook account, its that the sister in law is overstepping her boundaries in regards to her role within your family. She should at the absolute least have consulted you first before getting them the phones and she should absolutely not in any way created a facebook account for your daughter, thats for you to do not an Aunt.
 
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I don't think you're over reacting, she should have definately asked you first and as for the facebook account thats ridiculous, what on earth would a nine year old need with a fb account?
 
Were the phones iPhones or Android phones.

It's an important question!
 
zipp0r said:
over reacting! you can now get hold of your children when they are out... good thing no? :\
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8 year olds should not be out far enough that you require a mobile to maintain contact.

simulatorman said:
Sod that, eight year olds don't need phones. Take them away and let them have them when they're older.
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This.

simulatorman said:
Yeah, eight year olds go out all the time by themselves. :p Only if they live on council housing estates.
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This too.
Furthest I went "out" when I was that age was round the corner to the cul-de-sac to play with ma rollerblades/bike, or to the local park (a 3/4min walk away, easily accessible if parent should need to come round and get me).



Also, to the Facebook, definitely not.
 
Only if its pay as you go. And they help around the house for pocket money. Said pocket money could then go on the phone but you decide how much of the pocket goes on it.

If that makes sense. :)
 
Rroff said:
There probably is a limit like that not looked into it.

Aslong as she uses the right privacy settings she should be ok (don't expose age and profile image to public) that way its pretty much limited to friends (people who already know her) rather than random people online.
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I would suspect you have to be 13 due to COPPA
 
I don't see a problem with it, get them a 30 quid payg phone in your name, and put hardly any credit on it.

In your case: They should have asked first before buying phones for your kids.
 
tibbsey said:
8 year olds should not be out far enough that you require a mobile to maintain contact.
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in your opinion, not mine. when i was that age i was always out, sometimes a mile or two away on pushbikes e.t.c with friends, could be gone a whole day. back then when your parents needed you urgently they had to go searching for you in the car and ring all your friends mums and dads... bit easier with a mobile phone :rolleyes: and what if they are in trouble while out and need their mum/dad?
children should have some freedom and not be chained up so they cant leave the street they live on.
 
When I was a kid I used to have to call friends on their house phone, and if they were out playing I'd have to spend hours trapsing round the streets looking for them.. Good exercise.. Kids have it too easy these days!

I understand your concern with radiation, that was my first thought but it is a good thing that they have a mobile phone sometimes. Facebook account would be a no no though, why would they need one?
 
zipp0r said:
in your opinion, not mine. when i was that age i was always out, sometimes a mile or two away on pushbikes e.t.c with friends, could be gone a whole day. back then when your parents needed you urgently they had to go searching for you in the car and ring all your friends mums and dads... bit easier with a mobile phone :rolleyes: and what if they are in trouble while out and need their mum/dad?
children should have some freedom and not be chained up so they cant leave the street they live on.
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So you would be happy for your 8 year old to be 2 miles away with a few other 8 year olds this day in age? Are you mental?
 
8 years old - a mobile phone? Are you serious?

I don't declare myself as anti-technology, far from it - I'm 24, love gadgets and have a successful career in IT but 8 years old, especially when she didn't ask you first, is a bit young in my opinion. I'd have taken them off them and said they aren't old enough to have them. Wait till they are 13.
 
RedDanDoc said:
I just thought there was an element of danger with radiation etc. Also I want my kids to be kids and not minature adults.

She (sister inlaw) even made a Facebook account for my daughter who is only 9 years old.

I guess I'm over reacting though.
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Not really mate, im not a parent yet but id be loathed to get my kids a mobile phone or any of family gets them one...i think at the age of 8 its a bit too young personally but then the safety aspect does play a part ie getting hold of them when needed....which isnt a bad thing in all honesty. But then an 8 yr old will tend to lose it easily unless your kids are the careful sort ie look after their things etc.
 
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