I Am A Strict Parent

Might as well give a 10 year old girl a phone if you let her have a boyfriend. She will need it to call for help when she she is going down that slippery slope.

Just a basic phone without camera or internet or texting would be the only phones I would ever give a kid and would lock it to only being able to call or receive calls from preloaded numbers of family or emergency services.

I would get yourself a second cell phone (flip phone woould be good) and allow her to use it from time to time as a reward .. .. .. something she earns and has but restricted or controlled so she can learn how to use it without it controlling her life .. .. instead of facing the negative of looosing her phone when she makes a mistake or misbehaves .. you are promoting poaitive behaviour .. ..

BTW .. My youngest two shared their first cell phone for a couple of years .. ..

I think it really depends on how responsible she is, some girls I say 13, some could handle the responsibility at 9

In my opinion -- [b]absolutely not!!!!![/b] This is a no brainer for me. There is growing strict parenting on both what I will call the cultural left and cultural right --which have some differences, but not on this issue.

[b]I was considering letting my thirteen yr old get one and decided against it:[/b] https://similarworlds.com/2327115-I-Am-A-Strict-Mom/696716-The-other-day-I-mentioned-that-I-was-considering

get her an old cellphone first... not a smart phone yet. hs eshe doesnt loose that and acts responsible get her a real phone

I bf at 10? Is it just puppy love? If she's mature enough it might be good for her to have a phone if she needs to call you for something

Sadly I got mine at 16

To young