Is it just me, or does it seem that every day our kids come home from school asking us parents for a cell phone. It usually sounds something like "I Need A Cell Phone" It seems that when some kid at school gets their first phone, all the other kids want one too. Oops! I mean "Needs" one too. This is clearly just one of the many challenges we as parents seem destined to have go through, these days.

So if you decide to fall prey to their clever ways. Take heart! There are cell phones that are made specifically for children. These phones usefully do not have the bells and whistles and traditionally don't have cameras and or other expensive features. They are simplistic in nature and pretty easier to understand. Kids cell phones usually have buttons that are pre-programmed for emergencies and also buttons that will call their parents. Remember these phones are designed with children as their target market. These companies have done their homework. The whole concepts of these phones are "Ease and Simplicity" Not that all of our children need "Easy and Simple" but we as parents might!

There also cell phone software that you can down load that will help you track the cell phone's location via Google Maps, but it also sends you call history, and if you do get them more than the standard kids phones. The ones usually meant for an adult. ie. The ones that have text messages address book names, and so forth this history can also be sent to you.

So good luck deciding whether to allow your child have their own cell phone or not. My only words of wisdom are... Parenting has no known hand book, trust me I've looked. So we all make the best chooses we can for now. It's not till were grandparents that we get to say what we did right and what we did wrong. Only to make are on kids crazy all over again. Just saying..