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So I want to ask you about when is the ....right............ ........age........ to have stuff or

to start doing stuff. What do you think is the right age to start having a phone?

Aimee: Oh, I think for security reasons, to, you know, keep the child safe, perhaps
maybe about 11 or 12 when they start ...going............ .....around........... places
without their parents.

Katie: Yeah.

Aimee: It would be a way for me to contact my daughter. Even now, my daughter is

only six and she doesn't have a phone, and that's far too young, I believe. However,
she walks to school by herself and walks home by herself. And
that ......stresses................... me out for her safety.

So there are times where I wish I could phone her or text her, but she doesn't have a
phone. And I do believe that six is far too young to have a phone.

Katie: A little bit too young.

Aimee: Yes. So purely for .security................. ...reasons................, I think probably

around 11 or 12.

Katie: How old were you when you first got your phone.

Aimee: Well, I'm an old person so, you know, people didn't have mobile phones. I was
reaching the end of high school. I was, I think, ..17...... when I got my first mobile
phone. And it was a big brick. But again, that was for, you know, I guess security
reasons.

Katie: Yeah.

Aimee: My parents got it for me. I was going out, you know, I
started ..going.............. .out............ at night, going to concerts. And I was beginning to
be allowed going into bars and things at 17, 18. So yeah, it was a good security thing.
My parents were appreciative of being able to contact me.

Katie: Yeah.

Aimee: ...How............. ....about................ ..you............? How old were you when you
first got your mobile phone?

Katie: Oh goodness. I was about 12 or 13. I was really young.

Aimee: Okay.
Katie: And I only got my first mobile phone or my first .....cellphone................. because
my best friend who got the same one and I wanted to send like picture messages to
her. It was back in the .....old.......... ....days........... where you can send a photo, you
can take photos.

Answer these questions about the interview.

1) Her six-year old daughter _____ a phone. 

 a) has
 b) does not have
 c) lost

2) Aimee got a phone when she was _____ . 

 a) 11
 b) 13
 c) 17

3) Katie got a phone at _____ . 

 a) 10
 b) 12
 c) 14

4) They played the game called _____ . 

 a) Asteroids
 b) Snoopy
 c) Snake

5) They said the games were _____ . 

 a) educational
 b) a waste of time
 c) boring at the time