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PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — As students gear up to head back to the classroom for the new school year, more families are faced with a parenting decision: When is the right time to give their child a cellphone?

WATCH: WPTV reporter Brooke Chau listens to parents across Palm Beach County, examining how they chose while also asking what experts recommend Ding or delay? Parents sound off on kids getting phones before back-to-school

"I gave my child a phone in 5th grade, that was a promise in our house," Boca Raton mother Charman Postel said. "It was the worst mistake. I felt that when I got on the phone, it was a little too early."

As three parents sit down with WPTV in an open conversation about cellphones, social media and screen time, they share the advice they have for parent

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