Should we market cell phones to kids?

That’s clearly a judgment call. Some parents don’t want marketers to make the suggestion to their kids. Others will argue that it’s all fair game. As a childless bachelor, I’m not inclined to make a call on this issue. I was more wondering what parents think. I’m also interested in how they feel about another French idea, which is banning mobile phones designed to be used by children six and under. That’s a pretty young age, even out of kajeet’s range. Not that it has anything to do with the subject at hand, but since we’re talking about kids and cell phones, I thought I’d point out another cellular-news article which mentions a 13-year-old girl who sent 14,528 text messages in December — “an average of one message every 2 minutes during the waking hours.” I’m sure she used predictive text.]]>