"Johnny's First Phone: A Guide for Parents"

Johnny’s First Phone: A Guide for Parents

By SAM GROBART

Published: August 8, 2012

Wendy Sue Swanson, a pediatrician in Seattle, knows that a 9-month-old baby can perform some basic acts of imitation. You might expect smiling, blinking and some other facial expressions and gestures. But you know what she’s seeing a lot of?

 

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“I ask parents if their child pretends to talk on a cellphone,” Dr. Swanson said. “Almost all of them do.”

Now, 9 months may be a little young, but if you’re a parent, at some point you are going to have to deal with the question of whether to give your child a mobile phone.

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