Youth phone usage continues to grow

RESEARCHER MEDIA Technology Monitor says smartphone use among the young continues to grow. It’s latest report from MTM Junior called “Call Me, Maybe” says two-fifths of Canadian kids have their own cell phones and teens are much more likely than are younger kids to own their own wireless phone, with 81% of them having their own device. The majority of kids with phones have devices purchased for them, adds the release, rather than a hand-me-down phone. Anglophones and kids in more affluent homes are more likely to have devices purchased for the child. Francophones and younger kids are more likely...