Shopping for a kids' cell phone? ... some of us live in the real world without the luxury of paid parental support—including full-time nannies, housekeepers, and drivers.

Tech billionaire Bill Gates famously banned cell phones from his kids until they were 14. Steve Jobs was purportedly against giving his children iPhones or iPads .

For kids, getting a cell phone is becoming a right of passage. As part of The Early Show's "Cellular Nation" series, CBS News Correspondent Susan Koeppen went to Alexa McKenney's house, ...

This is everything you need to know before getting a cell phone for your kids. ... some of us live in the real world without the luxury of paid parental support—including full-time nannies, ...

That study says 20 percent of kids in this country between the ages of 6 and 11 own a cell phone, an increase of almost 12 percent since 2005. The biggest increase was among 10- to 11-year-olds ...

Cell phones let parents and kids check in or call to say "I'm going to be late." "If you're in a family where the child rides a bus to school and they're 6, 7-years-old, ...

This is everything you need to know before getting a cell phone for your kids. ... some of us live in the real world without the luxury of paid parental support—including full-time nannies, ...