Children should be allowed to own and use mobile phones.

Why shouldn't they? Now, you first pointed out how children should somehow not cope with the technologies of today because some abuse technology. I am aware of these abuses that some children use these phones for gambling, pornography and/or bullying. Yes, all of these are true but such acts have already been done even though phones were not yet popular and widespread. I believe that these abuses can not be easily avoided and that these problems can only be dealt with through good parenting and moral education. The reason why cyberbullying spread in some schools is because of being got carried away and not fighting back nor complain to elderly persons of what is currently happening. In result, they receive no help nor advices and thus resulting to suicide. These events could have been avoided if only schools offer and practice good manners and right conduct where children would learn to be defensive for themselves. Regarding with the children meeting up with a stranger, it is actually not the phone to be blamed but the child using it instead. It is now up to the parents to ensure their child's safety and for the child to be extra careful in everything the child does. Secondly, I apologize for not clarifying my second argument. My second argument should mean that children would be developing their independence and interpersonal skills. By independence, I mean that they would not be asking help anymore from any of the elder persons regarding a certain question but by answering the question themselves. Even without this idea, you continued to rebut my argument and ended up teaming up with me. You said that if people can download applications using mobile phones, what makes me think that children won't do it. Which is exactly why children should own such phones for the reason that phones make almost everything easier for them. Lastly, you said that some parents do not teach their children right and wrong. Yes, I believe that some parents don't but this should not be the case since not only parents are there to guide them but they also have some good friends, relatives and teachers. It is actually up to the child to bring up his/her attitude towards his/her environment. I also believe that many parents teach children about good moral and about handling themselves like young adults but the child's decision is the child's decision and not the parent's. The child can refuse to obey them and thus resulting to ending up with a wrong choice and further on results to teen pregnancies or teens having STD's. Also, looking back to the topic, it says 'Children should be allowed to own and use mobile phones.' You stated that "what makes you think that they'll teach them the right way to use and operate a mobile phone?" I would like to answer that in this way: If parents don't teach them good attitude and morals, then they would be more likely ignore the child and the thing that's more likely to happen is that they won't be giving the child a phone. On the other hand, if they would, the results are obvious. The point I am trying to say here is that if children are allowed to own and use a phone, it doesn't mean that they should have one. Most parents give children phones because they want to ensure the child's safety and when the parents are informed and they give their children the right phone in the right time, then abuses would be lowered. Therefore, I could still conclude that children should be allowed to own and use mobile phones.