Ds1 is 10. He has been wanting a phone for ages, mainly so he has something to play games on (despite the fact he has a tablet for that!) but so far j have resisted and said no because I don't think he needs one.
However, I am now thinking it may be a good idea because he will be going to secondary school next year and I'm hoping he will begin to be a bit more independent. But I would feel much more comfortable about him doing so if he had a phone so I could contact him/he could contact me if necessary.
I was thinking of getting him a cheap iPhone from cex or similar and just paying for a cheap SIM card for him to use, with the condition that it does not go with him to school. iPhone would be particularly useful I think because currently ds is not living with me and if we both have iPhones (I have an oldish one) we can FaceTime, iMessage etc more easily. Plus older iPhones are not expensive now and have lots of good features.
But I still wonder if he is too young at 10. Aibu to think 10 might be too young for something like this?