Should Kids Have Cell Phones

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Another reason why kids shouldn’t have cell phones, is because it causes kids to not have socialization with the world other than your phone. By Middle School, 90 percent to 91 percent of children say that they can use their cell phones to text message and access the Internet. Most kids only use texting rather than talking. From ages 9-30 people are cyberbullied. Cell phones can affect people in many ways. Other people say that kids should have cell phones. I saw that they shouldn’t have phones because not all kids need them to survive. Although kids having phones can also help by them be able to communicate with other people in case of an emergency, most kids use them for many other things even though it’s only for emergencies. Because kids

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