https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/04/01/parenting-how-young-is-too-young-for-a-smart-phone/

Catherine Amores is shopping around for a new smart phone only it’s not for her. It’s for her 8-year-old son Jacob. The stay-at-home mom says she will feel safer if her second-grader has an iPhone with him at all times.

“Everything I see on the TV news makes me worry all the time. There was a school lockdown in our neighborhood recently. That’s why I think it is very important to get him a smartphone,”  said the Hayward mother of three. “Being able to get a hold of him immediately will give me peace of mind.”