Answer:
Although the increased independence that a cell phone might offer a child can be good, it can also be a negative. With a cell phone, your child will have another way to communicate with the outside world that you will have little supervision over. Most cell phones offer almost complete access to the Internet and a wide array of apps that are much harder to filter and control than your home computer.
A cell phone also gives the outside world another way to communicate with your child. A sex offender could hide behind the anonymity of text messaging and social media apps to talk with and groom your child.
