also school nd colleges play a major role into it. if they wud b allowing mobile phones to their students then its most likely that majority of students wud have mobile phones...

i think we all have different views on it.

but our children may come into peer pressure nd may insist to buy them one when we as a parent might not be&nbsp; ready to do so at that <u>time</u>

until it's not the necessity

may b when they start their college