Yes... "Kid's better than me at this crap! Why can't my 5 year old have a DROID??", and I'm sure most of you have 101,000,000 reasons why NOT to give a 5 year old a working DROID! (hahahahahahahaha!!)

Hey... Would you give a DROID to a five year old??

Absolutely not. I gave him my Itouch.

Sure why not, my 5 year old and my 7 year old use it everyday.

Heck no! An extra $30 a month? Just so they could have a Droid? They shouldn't even have a normal cell phone! I wouldn't pay for that.

If it was my kid, hell no... I know better
My kid is going to be far worse then I was, and I know what *I* did on my Commodore and 8088...
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I believe at that age, they should be more focused on physical activities such as throwing your droid down the stairs to see if it will survive.

hahahaha!! I remember those and the Tandy TRS-80's too. wow!

Absolutely a BIG NO!!!!

I'm given my old Droid to my 6 year old

I'm not activating it or anything. I'm setting him up with VOIP over WiFi and he can use it around the house to call grandparents etc...

I want to teach him to take care of such items.

That's a rather expensive lesson... Are you looking to adopt? I'm a big kid :icon_ banana:

This isn't the first time I've seen this type of thread. To be honest, it makes more sense to give it to a 5 year old then to a 15 year old IMHO. However I wouldn't give it to neither.

good stuff and couldn't agree more!

but i get the reasoning... cell/smartphones are inevitable, if he can learn at an early age to take care of it, then why not... depends on the kid, too, and only you can judge that

i personally never would give a smart phone to any kid.. If they want a smart phone they can get a job and pay the bill.. If I approve it... but that just me..

Explain please

I think 5 is too young. When my daughters were 13 and 12, we got them their first cell phones for Christmas. The wife and I wrapped them and put them under the tree. Christmas morning I slipped off and called one of them. They jumped up and started screaming! Good times!

So I gotta ask what phones you got for them?

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I completely agree with this. If they want one, get a job and pay for it. That way they appreciate it more because they bought it. And even if they can for whatever reason afford it I would make them show they could be responsible enough not to cause me to have an extremely high bill due to their over texting or calling.

And at five? Not a snowballs chance. I wouldn't even consider it until 15. Maybe one of those child phones that make only emergency calls and can't call out.