The question of when children should receive their first smartphone is a topic of debate among parents, educators, and psychologists. And given Millennials have been teased about raising “iPad kids,” it’s easy to imagine tweens today with a smartphone in hand. In a Reddit thread with 6.7M members on r/Parenting, one viral question asks, “At what age did your kid get their first cell phone?” and the answers vary from as early as 8-years-old to as old as 14-years-old. During most Millennials’ single digit years having a phone was incredibly rare, but parents of Gen Z debated if middle school...