Vinnie2000:
Honestly, it should NOT be too late! One day, dey may be embarassed outside due to dier inability to use an Android phone! 13,14yrs is not bad.

They can learn to use android phone with their parents phone!

You are worried about embarrassment of them using android phone. You are not worried about embarrassment of them learning to fuuuck like a 10 year old Chrisland school girl.

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AdiokOnoNland:
Have been curious to ask this question for a long now but thanks for today have finally asked it.

So please I want to know at what age should a child be allowed to have a mobile phone with internet?

18yrs, when he or she is done writing WAEC. Mean while from 10-17 he will have a phone for easy communication and a general desktop in the house to do his assignment and to familiarized himself with the computer and internet (with restriction on social media and some site that he has no business being in as a minor)

We4all:


That behavior of that little girl from Chrisland school is more than enough reason.

Why?

Because there are others like her who are yet to be bursted.

Kids love to explore and even if you caution them not to do certain things on the internet, they will go against you.

Majority of kids with smart phones use it to watch explicit videos and play games. So even if they don’t own a phone, they won’t miss out.

In my opinion, children should only have access to mobile phones when they are old enough to take responsibilities for their actions.

Very simple- PARENTAL CONTROL.

wunmi590:


Once he or she enters secondary school only small phone (without internet), reason for this is for security reason, so that you can keep track of your ward.

With internet once he or she finished secondary school...

That was well said. Exactly my thought.

Vinnie2000:
Honestly, it should NOT be too late! One day, dey may be embarassed outside due to dier inability to use an Android phone! 13,14yrs is not bad.

Embarrassed? Is it not better than having your child turn into a pro for the wrong reason just because parents are too busy to monitor them with their smart phone?

My last born of 9½ years is about becoming a professional in phone repairs and servicing. Should you have denied him the prowess and development of his intellectual and technical know-how?

I enrolled him in online coding lessons to help him with the software systems.

Anybody who tells you after secondary school is just deceiving his or herself.

The world is advancing pretty fast and a child as early as possible is expecting to get going with computers and phones because we are in IT world. There are lots of kids making alot of money on YouTube, also by playing metaverse games or selling NFTs.

Most of the Tech billionaires today got their first computers at a very tender age and started writing lines of codes.

One good thing about children is that as they play games on computers, they dream of creating their own games to their tastes and from there a programmer is born.

As for me, my kids will have computers then tablets and phones as early as possible.

They won't be allowed to take it to school and they will have hours when they are allowed to play and explore it. The internet at home will be restricted and a firewall place to permit Just a certain sites.

These I did with my nephew back then when I was still with them and I noticed he became fun of constructing stuffs. My bad laptop. I don't discard them. They are at home and I notice he derives fun opening and closing the parts. Also there is no. Folder in a system. He can explore.

That is the way forward with kids. Not outright ban

When he/She Knows the usefulness of the 2 most wonderful Tools of all times

Dickson & Kpekus

Anonymoususher:
Anybody who tells you after secondary school is just deceiving his or herself.

The world is advancing pretty fast and a child as early as possible is expecting to get going with computers and phones because we are in IT world. There are lots of kids making alot of money on YouTube, also by playing metaverse games or selling NFTs.

Most of the Tech billionaires today got their first computers at a very tender age and started writing lines of codes.

One good thing about children is that as they play games on computers, they dream of creating their own games to their tastes and from there a programmer is born.

As for me, my kids will have computers then tablets and phones as early as possible.

They won't be allowed to take it to school and they will have hours when they are allowed to play and explore it. The internet at home will be restricted and a firewall place to permit Just a certain sites.

These I did with my nephew back then when I was still with them and I noticed he became fun of constructing stuffs. My bad laptop. I don't discard them. They are at home and I notice he derives fun opening and closing the parts. Also there is no. Folder in a system. He can explore.

That is the way forward with kids. Not outright ban

Good for you then..Every parent must adapt a way to train their children. Everyone to whatever way suit them in parenting. The internet is a dangerous place for minors...aside from pornography child get easily lured to watched, there are paedophiles hanging around online looking, looking for young girls and boys to defile..A child of 13-15 can be lured by these animals. One has to monitor these children with smart phones and not assume that they are matured enough to know right from wrong.

If the child is in SSS 3.

If bill gate didn't allow his kids... at 14 15 to have a sophisticated phone... then i dont know for una...

Guy wen be guru for tech world... una still dey ask... ok oooo!!

I've read comments like "I will give kids small phone with no internet and the likes" let me clear it to you that there is no small phones built for years now without internet accessibilities. It might be slow and limited in capability, but kids of nowadays reads better and it's only a matter of time before they get the settings and start assessing the internet, they will only not be able to access heavy videos or watch them, but bet with me that's even possible with the availability of memory card.

Now back to the main point, if you refuse to hand them phone from home as a preventive measure, they will go to school and share with their peers who owns one. Case closed.


A preferable solution to this is to engage little kids from minor, be open to them as a parent, don't be too harsh on them so that they can open up easily to you as a parent, let them realise how it is imperative for them to focus on their studies before getting social with internet gadgets and the likes. Anything short of that na force e go be o

at any age he get sense of using phone

age 8 or 9 . I gave my own daughter age 8 just to call incase of emergency situation. moreover the phone is just ordinary phone.

Once he or she gets into the university

My son is 8 yrs old and he has omotab2. I monitor it strictly

AdiokOnoNland:
Have been curious to ask this question for a long now but thanks for today have finally asked it.

So please I want to know at what age should a child be allowed to have a mobile phone with internet?

Age 18

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16 Years.


Meanwhile....
The way we just throw the word ‘RAPE’ around so loosely without considering how much damage it can cause.

Firstly, as parents we need to pay close attention to our kids and what we expose them too, cos mahn it’s a crazy crazy world we live in.

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.


All of us @[b][/b] say NO to child porn......

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Still on the matter....

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Mooh247:
6 should have a preprogrammed device without internet

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AdiokOnoNland:
Have been curious to ask this question for a long now but thanks for today have finally asked it.

So please I want to know at what age should a child be allowed to have a mobile phone with internet?

When they pass their JAMB.
That was when I was gifted my first phone with internet and in this same modern era.

I no die.

I mean my own personal phone.
There was a general phone in the house for calls.

Kids need to learn to read and enjoy it, and be skillful with their hands, creative. if they are captivated by IT, get them a desk top Computer, and it must not be personal.

They must understand Momsie and Popsie have absolute right over all gadgets at home.

It is when they start to personalize gadgets like internet phones and laptops, that we begin to hear Chrisland Girl kind of story.

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AdiokOnoNland:
Have been curious to ask this question for a long now but thanks for today have finally asked it.

So please I want to know at what age should a child be allowed to have a mobile phone with internet?

13years with a strong parental control feature activated on the phone. What most people don't know is that you can actually configure
latest Internet enabled phones such that you can be stealthily monitor all what he or she does with the phone. You can also control the website he or she views.

The Op should be specific. A mobile phone or a smart phone? I believe a child can have a mobile phone in primary school just for communication. But a smart phone in the university.

Ss1 that should be 15years up ward.

sollolucci77:


It also depends on the type of phone...like for me if I had a child of 13 years I wouldn't buy him an iPhone...I would rather give him a Visafone...till he becomes mature enough

Whats a Visafone?

Kid of 10 years needed phone but local small phone for just calling NOT Android or iPhone or iPad or tablet or laptop e.t.c

Nokia 3310 or land phones with snake game inside. Just for calling and receiving

samiabigail:
at age 5


meanwhile that guy above me why did u stole my FTC

Steal

erico2k2:

Whats a Visafone?

You're indomie generation...if you see me on the road lie down while greeting me

Immediately he/she secures Admission to higher institution