A bad call

I can't take the credit for the following article, it appeared in the Guardian a few weeks ago and amused me so much I wanted to share it. So true...

There can be no earthly reason why a child of four would need a mobile phone, but there must be dozens of reasons why it shouldn't have a Firefly. Here are just a few:

• It is not possible to conduct a fruitful phone conversation with a four year old, as you will know if you have ever tried.
• Four-year-olds rarely, if ever, have information to impart of such significance that it cannot wait until they are five.
• A Firefly costs £60. Without a sim card.
• Your child should always be in the company of a responsible adult who has a phone you didn't have to pay for.
• A four-year-old with its own phone will spend all day attempting to contact Pocoyo.
• Four-year-olds never hang up.
• 52% of children between the ages of five and nine already own a mobile. Chances are you will have to buy the child a phone next year anyway, and they won't want a pink toy that doesn't do YouTube.
• If you don't know where your four-year-old is, there's no point in ringing him. He doesn't know where he is either.
• For much less money you can get tiny T-shirts with your phone number and the word REWARD printed on them.
• Four-year-olds are enough trouble as it is. The last thing we want to do is give them is the means to organise.