Expert recommendations for a child's first phone, from basic to smart
Consider what kind of features your child needs, the operating system and the price.
By Lindsey M. Roberts
The experts agree: Age shouldn't be the deciding factor in when a child receives a cellphone. Instead, parents should weigh a child's level of maturity and need for a phone.
"You know your child better than anyone else," says Michael Rich, an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a pediatrician at Boston Children's Hospital. "All 13-year-olds are not the same. There's some who can handle social media and there's some
23-year-olds who can't. It's really a matter of parenting your kids in the digital space just as we parent them in the physical space."
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