“Mom, Dad, I want a cell phone!” is generally what an average pre-teen would say. There is a lot of discussion doing the rounds in schools and sociology circles to decide whether or not to give a child a personal cellular phone. If yes, what would be the suitable age for the child to acquire a cell phone? Is there a suitable age at all?
Well, some parents might try to make their kids understand by saying – “You are still too young to have one”; to which the answer would be prompt – “But all my friends have one and I fell so left out!” Well that is peer pressure for you. Once you have gone past the parental barrier and broken down their resistance and acquired your very first cell phone, you have entered “the cell cycle” and you are never able to get out of this tangled web! It is like a honey-trap, you get one, you want a better one! To begin with, you might be convinced to go in for an inexpensive, simple-looking, featureless but functional instrument, but it does not ever stop there!
Sometime later, you might upgrade to another which would have some added features; still not satisfactory! About six months later, you might see an advertisement on the television which would tempt you to try compel your parents to buy it for you. A few months down the line, you realize it was just not worth the extra expense. In the meantime your friends have acquired something snazzier.....
For most of us, the joy of showing off our new cell phone to our friends is incomparable. The definite advantage of getting a phone is that you are connected, you can keep in touch with parents and folks and, in a way it does make you feel safe. It does improve one’s social networking , to say the least.
Nicely brought out Krish! Clear, logical and to the point!
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