Welcome MrGadget. Yes, once your kids are self-mobile - they have to have that cell phone. I think it's more like as soon as any of their friends get a license also. I always say to my son that if he doesn't feel comfortable about the way that someone drives, then he has to get out of that car...

The day my kids got their drivers license is the same day they got a cell phone. That way, no matter where the car took them, we could communicate.

It's a tricky one. I think an introduction to new technologies at an early age is important, however the full blown lifestyle that comes with mobiles probably should be held off until they are a tad more responsible. They ran some things in australia for a while, they were cut down phones, that had...