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Parents are buying children phones at much younger ages
Some adults wait for a 'reason' to buy iPhones for their teenagers
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Parents seem to be purchasing their children cellphones and iPhones at much younger ages, according to a national survey by the Pew Research Center at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Two 11-year-old girls sit in the lunchroom at C.W. Davis Middle School, drinking out of milk cartons and discussing pictures on the iPhone app, Instagram. Both girls are among the many children today who have smartphones at a young age. The sight is an average one and growing.