Kids, Parents, and Cell Phones
- The average 13 to 17-year-old sends 2000 text messages a month!
- The average age to first own a cell phone is between 9 and 10.
- The average age to borrow a cell phone is 8.
- By age 12, fully three-fourths of all children have their own mobile phone.
- Parental use of advanced data services mirrors that of their tween kids. If their children text, then 80% of parents will text as well.
- Nearly 60% of parents of cell phone-owing kids have forbidden downloads of games, ringtones, and videos, the extra items that often incur a charge.