Comments on: Kids and Cell Phones… God Help Us All.

By: TMWW

TMWW — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:37:00 +0000

I swear it is karma that brought me to this post today. The Man Thing and I have been thinking of getting the Head Demon and the Demon In Training a cell phone. Too many nights we have gone outside to tell them it is time to come in and have to walk the entire apartment complex hunting them down, and I get panic attacks when I cannot find them outside (because they went to a friend's house) and "forgot" to come home first and tell me where they were going. The firefly phone is exactly what I would want. They can only call mom and dad or 911 for an emergency. I have been procrastinating because my Head Demon is a total tech geek and can find and order crap on other people's phones like nobody's business. He wants one with all the bells and whistles but I KNOW he is not responsible enough for THAT just yet… Thanks for the tips!
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By: Qweenie

Qweenie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:07:30 +0000

It's funny because Bean asked us last year when he was 10 how old he had to be for us to let him have a cell phone….Hubby said "You'll get a phone when it becomes inconvient TO ME for you to not have one"…. and that time has come…LOL

By: nutmeggy

nutmeggy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:19:02 +0000

Liked your tips. Although mine was 10 when we purchased an "extra" line to let him use when we felt it was necessary, age is not the guideline for responsibility! I made the mistake of loaning our extra line to my sister, 29, when she was home for the holidays from out of the country, and she was more irresponsible with the phone than my child has EVER been. She signed up for word of the day premium texts, that automatically charged me 9.99 for months after she had already gone back home! She also went over the minutes on the plan, & lost both the wall & car chargers. Lesson learned lol! Every family will need to determine when a cell phone is appropriate for their situation, and their child's maturity level.

By: Judith Shakespeare

Judith Shakespeare — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:48:49 +0000

LOL. Had we had a house phone, I don't think that he would have lucked out so easily. Plus, his first phone was one of those Firefly cells, that only let you call Mom & Dad & emergency numbers… So there really wasn't much of a worry. Thanks for stopping by!!

By: ivybug

ivybug — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:37:07 +0000

So very true.And hah,wouldn't I love to tell my mother she is wrong.I only saw one little thing,at age 8??My children go whooping around with their new phone at around 13!But,what do I know?The kids here are pretty lazy,they dont really need a phone :o