Comments on: Poor and cell phones http://statelineobserver.com/econo/poor-and-cell-phones/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poor-and-cell-phones   Morenci, Mich. & Fayette, Ohio Sun, 05 May 2013 04:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: sybil diccion http://statelineobserver.com/econo/poor-and-cell-phones/#comment-1103 sybil diccion Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:54:17 +0000 http://statelineobserver.com/?p=5819#comment-1103 As I’ve stated on the SLO before, oftentimes, cell phones are provided children (rich and poor) for protection. I know two young students in Ann Arbor–one now in college and his brother is a high school freshman–but they had cell phones five years ago. I looked askance at that situation, wondering why in the world parents would buy cell phones for kids as young 9 or 10. I was informed that the parents would have their kids report in when they got out of school and their location. If the student would be walking home and there was any suspicious activity, the child had only to speed dial a nearby relative for help.

For that circumstance, it puts a different slant on it.

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