When should kids get a mobile phone or start walking to school on their own?

By Pallavi Singhal
Updated January 21 2018 - 10:37am, first published 10:33am
"A lot of my friends are addicted to their phones": Summer Cunio-Scarborough. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
"A lot of my friends are addicted to their phones": Summer Cunio-Scarborough. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

When should kids get a mobile phone or start walking to school on their own? Do parents need to make lunch every day, volunteer at school or pick their own children up? They're the prickly topics that everyone has an opinion on, and we've spoken to parents and academics to see what they think.

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