Kids Can't Live Without Their Mobile Phones

from the must-be-mobile dept

A new study in Australia has shown that kids are now considering mobile phones to be a necessity. It’s become a part of their social lives – and they use it to give them power over their parents, and to organize their lives. They also are willing to spend a lot of their own hard-earned money on maintaining their cell phone.


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