Straight talk on cell phones for children.(up front: News / Trends / Advice)(Product/Service Evaluation)

Publication: Consumer Reports

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Now that more than one-third of 11- to 14-year-olds have their own cell phones, marketers are targeting younger kids with phones that lack a keypad but have speed-dial buttons for parents and 911. Parents preset who their child can call and who can call in (kids scroll through names on a screen), and they control costs through prepaid, or pay-as-you-go, plans.

Companies say that the phones...

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