Michael Coslo wrote:
And yet, millions of parents do essentially the same thing, buying
their children cell phones - and doing it "to keep them safe".

I have a simple way of dealing with that. We gave our teenage son a
pay-as-you-go phone and monitor carefully how much money he gets.

Geoff.
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM