Smartphone use increasing among young children | Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Kim Doleatto, Reporter at Herald-Tribune says, No one knows the right age to start carrying a computer in your pocket.

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But more than half of 11-year-olds now own a smartphone, according to a recent national survey of more than 1,600 8- to 18-year-olds.

And the trend is on the rise.

“The use of technology in our daily lives is aging down dramatically,” said Eisha Buch, senior manager of education programs at Common Sense Media, the nonprofit organization that led the survey...

And to answer the popular question: What’s a good age to give my child a smartphone?

Buch said, “We don’t have a magic number, but it depends on what the need is, and whether it feels appropriate. When it happens, we just encourage guidelines and open dialogue about how to use it.”
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Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune