There is no doubt that families such as mine, that have both parents and minor children (of which we have two), use more electronic media than some other families do. We both have the need in the present and the need to teach our kids how to use these media outlets for their future as well.
We do use cell phones to keep in touch when we are not together. Our 12-year old son and 10-year old daughter each have cell phones, not given to them for fun. They are used for things such as bike rides (they serve as walkie talkies almost in this capacity) and to let us know if something has changed in their daily schedules, if necessary. These are just a couple of reasons why we even allow children of their ages to have cell phones.
As far as the internet goes, we encourage them to use it as much as possible (with our consent and approval of course). As much as the internet is used now, imagine when they are young adults, 10 years from now. They had better be very, very proficient with the internet or they are going to be seriously behind everybody in their age group.
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I want to address the issue of cell phones in the present. In your post, you talked of the need for cell phones in your family. What interests me about this is that most everyone who owns a cell phone feels that they need one. But did you do before they were invented? Sure you maybe used to be able to find a pay phone at major stops throughout your day, but what about when you were on the road, or as you said bike riding? Because cell phones were invented, pay phones disappeared and a situation was created in which most people actually did NEED a cell phone. But I just wonder how much of that has to do will cell phone companies rather than will someone's own personal needs. It's almost like the creation of cell phones also created a problem that cell phones solved that wasn't there in the past.
-Rex
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