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Flowchart: Should I Buy My Kid A Cell Phone?

By Jen Goodhue
Illustration by Trev Murphy

Jun 10, 2016

It's finally happened: your kid has asked for a cell phone. 

Don't answer right away—CBC Parents is here to help!

Try to navigate the parenting conundrum that is modern technology with this handy flowchart. 

Click to open the full-size flowchart.

Should I Buy My Kid A Cell Phone? Flowchart

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Article Author Jen Goodhue
Jen Goodhue

Read more from Jen here.

Jennifer Goodhue is a performer/writer in Toronto. As part of a stellar ensemble, she wrote and performed in five Second City MainStage revues. She co-starred in CTV’s Comedy Inc. for five seasons and has written for several television shows such as This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Stroumboulopoulos Tonight and YTV’s That’s So Weird. As a member of Comedy Inc. she was nominated for a Gemini Award and has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for her work with The Second City and Monkey Toast: The Improvised Talk Show.

She’s currently a staff writer for the much anticipated comedy Baroness Von Sketch Show on CBC. She continues to teach writing at The Second City Training Centre and perform in various impov shows around Toronto.

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