This is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. I got a new iPhone. Which was surprisingly far less painful than my previous experiences. Last time ’round I switched out from a Samsung to an iPhone – a process which made me want to poke my own eye out with a stick. And I have barely had time to explore the new phone to ensure everything I want on it is there, before I have the old phone wiped clean. A friend asked me the other day when my great nieces and nephews got their phones. I think the oldest who is 17, got hers around 11 or 12. The now 15- and 13-year-olds have their own phones but that’s fairly recent because for most of their lives those three siblings just shared an old phone but now the old phone has gone to the 12-year-old. Which brings me to Australia’s legislation which is now in effect and prohibits anyone under 16 from having social media. I don’t think my nieces would love that. I know a couple of my co-workers with kids in the same age range wouldn’t either. They all have the phones set up so they know where their kids are at all times. I’ve visited the topic in the past and find that’s just weird having grown up in an entirely different generation where we could disappear for hours and have our own adventures, sometimes misadventures, which we had to take responsibility for, and everyone turned out okay. Well, you can weigh in on the topic – it’s our news poll question. As for all the old phones taking up space at my house, they are going to be moved on. In case you didn’t know – there are a couple of great programs that spring to mind when it comes to old phones, of which we have several. SaskTel has Phones for a Fresh Start which is a program that helps those fleeing domestic abuse. And Phone it Forward allows you to donate your old phone to CNIB, you get a tax receipt and CNIB says it will “empower people who are blind.”