CORENEWS: Most children own mobile phone by age of seven, study finds

Devices ‘dominate children’s lives’ as 39% say they could not live without their phone

The majority of children own a mobile phone by the age of seven, according to a study.

The devices have become a fundamental part of life for most young people, it indicates. Many admit that they are fearful of being without their phone and more than half sleep with it by their bed.