Bond (2010) revealed that children thought that allowing their friends to view personal contents of their mobile phone promoted a sense of closeness. Cell phone contents could only be shared with close friends who were close and trustworthy because sharing was a sign of mutual disclosure between children and their friends. Sharing has played an important role in maintaining close friendships and is seen as an emblematic part in the creation and preservation of a paired identity or shared group. Children used their willingness to reveal the contents of their phone to distinguish between close friends, regular friends, and non-friends. The smartphone, with the content within it, was a method of facilitating closeness and intimacy, important for maintaining a dynamic relationship. On the other hand, some children admitted to using smartphones to hurt or bully others. Thanks to smartphones, bullying behaviors were no longer limited to public spaces but everywhere and at any time. Many more children revealed they were victims of bullying behaviour, such as receiving spiteful texts, prank calls and strange phone calls. For victims, smartphones have become a threat, intimidation and menace. Thus, although the smartphone was an important device for developing identity and fostering social group cohesion, it prevented outside children from joining bonded friendship groups and caused anxiety through bullying through the use of smart devices.