What Age Should Children Get Their First Phone?

At what age do you think children should get their first phone and what steps do you take to keep them safe online?

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00:00I think it should be left up to the parents but more guidance given to

00:04parents as to what to look out for. It's like you know when do you first let your

00:09child have a glass of wine or something with a meal? Probably when they go to

00:14secondary school as a form of emergency communication and I think there should

00:21be better rules around content especially on social media and websites

00:26that children can join. People talk about schools getting involved but I don't

00:31see how I think it it would be wrong for trying to you know put it on the

00:35teachers it's got to come from parental stuff so but I don't I don't know the

00:41answer because it's already out there isn't it it's difficult to police it

00:46whether it's in the home or wherever isn't it I mean it's already there. Ideally

00:51perhaps 13 or 14 is an acceptable age but anything before that I don't think is

00:59is right.