Ofcom: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones
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The regulator calls the data a "wake up call", and says parents and industry need to do more.
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People really handing their kids devices that have cellular service and unfettered internet access? All my kids devices have 2 layers of adblock, parental controls, and no cell service.

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I’ll probably get my kids a dumb phone for school when they get old enough. I want them to have cell service for emergencies of any kind.

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I thought about that but I myself am broke and have gotten all of these from relatives that no longer use them. If I could go back in time, I would have abstained and ripped our N64 from my brother’s closet sooner.

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i think an apple watch eould be great for that use case.

Why would you not fetter the Internet access?

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