On Mothers, Kids and Cell Phones

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As if mothers didn’t have enough on their minds, the advent of the cell phone –and the matter of when and how their children should use one — has opened up a whole new field of potential conflict.

In polling for the current edition of Parenting magazine’s Mom Matters newsletter, mothers who have at least one kid age 6-12 were asked whether they approve of children having cell phones. Ninety percent of respondents said they do, but 55 percent said the kids should wait to get one until they’re older than 12.

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