Miranda
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My big boys needed a cell phone too. No way we as a family could run like chickens the way we do without one.
I add the line to my plan and pay for the $9.99 phone line. If they want more than that then they pay for it, both my son and SS have data plans and insurance that they pay to me monthly.
With that said, I know not everyone operates like we do and I certainly do not like kids circumventing one parent and going to the other.
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Tweeby
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I look at the reasons behind getting a cell phone for a kid and their level of responsibility. I live in a rural area and right now we are looking into getting YS15 his own cell phone. We could continue a while longer with what we have been doing but YS15 will be getting extra responsibilities with an activity that he is in and having his own cell phone would make it much easier on everyone. Of course he will still have to follow our rules about cell phones. We also see getting him his own cell phone is a great reward for achieving this level of responsiblity in the activity.
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LeAnne
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After watching news report after news report about teens texting/talking and driving are being killed in a carwrecks while doing so, I have to wonder are cells really a safety item?
Two parents were just on the news yesterday, they buried their college D 4 months ago, she was texting on her way home from college and ran into the back of a tanker truck.
I guess cells could be a good thing, but the problem is kids don't and won't follow the rules of a using a cell and driving.
How many times have parents called their kids, and the kid says I am on my way home and they are behind the wheel driving down the road? If they are taking your calls, you can bet they are taking calls and text from friends too.
Now if they were used properly, safety yes. But we all know that cell use has gotten out of hand. I can drive 2 miles into work and at least 75% of the people I pass have a phone stuck to their ear or you can tell they are texting.
The only thing that is going to stop cell use while driving, is to have cell blockers installed in cars to the gear shift. If the car is in park, cell will work, any other gears blocker comes on.
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Tweeby
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[quote]The only thing that is going to stop cell use while driving, is to have cell blockers installed in cars to the gear shift. If the car is in park, cell will work, any other gears blocker comes on. [/quote]
This is what I don't understand, if I'm in the passenger seat or in the back seat, why couldn't I use the cell phone while someone else is driving. With the gear blocker on no one in the car could use the cell phone.
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Gecko
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My thought right now is to call X and let him know that i'm not happy with this being put on the table to our daughter with out he and I having a conversation, especially since his wife already knew my feelings. Any thoughts?
---> My first thought is that ya'll are being played. That SM has kept her word (she can use her babysitting money), but said word is being twisted by daughter because she doesn't want to spend all her money paying for the phone. My recommendation would be to call Dad or SM and keep it real loose (ie don't jump on their ass).
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Debbie_L
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Where I live you would be hard pressed to find a payphone - and the payphones that are there are set up so they don't work at night. It isn't like when we were teens and there were payphones all over the place. Personally, I think it is a safety issue. I wanted my teen to have one (for my own piece of mind really). She just has a prepaid, inexpensive one.
PS - This isn't to anyone in particular, I'm just a lazy poster so I quick reply.
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Debbie_L
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Plenty of adults don't follow the rules about cell phones while driving either. My own teen doesn't drive yet, but she is the type that is quite good about following safety rules, so I don't think she'll do that (we have discussed it).
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LeAnne
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That's pretty much the answer you hear from everyone...Oh my gosh, I can't use my cell at all? Heaven forbid.
I think most are addicted to them, like drugs and booze. I have customers that will use the restroom and be yapping on the cell as they pee.
My grocery store finally put up signs in the checkout. If you are talking on the phone, you will not be checked out.
Going out to eat, you will hear all kinds of stupid songs when the cells go off. Then the gal at the next table will take a call and be on the phone for 20 minutes while having dinner with friends. That is totally rude to your friends, muchless the people that are sitting next to you, because some reason people seem to have to talk louder when on the cell.
The cell blockers are coming, it might take 10-20 years, but with enough push from parents who have lost kids, like MADD(mothers against drunk driving) get on the bandwagon, along with insurance companies, it will happen eventually.
Same thing happened with seatbelts, then the push for airbags, and antilock brakes.
It has become a SAFETY ISSUE. States are already banning texting and driving, like it will do a lot of good,(pretty sure most parents have that rule already) the next step after enough get killed, will be cell blockers, and when the insurance companies get behind the push, it will happen.
I can see insurance companies giving a discount on your teens rates, with a cell blocker installed.
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Debbie_L
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[quote] [quote]The only thing that is going to stop cell use while driving, is to have cell blockers installed in cars to the gear shift. If the car is in park, cell will work, any other gears blocker comes on. [/quote]
This is what I don't understand, if I'm in the passenger seat or in the back seat, why couldn't I use the cell phone while someone else is driving. With the gear blocker on no one in the car could use the cell phone. [/quote]
Personally, I think that is such a minor inconvenience that it wouldn't make me think the idea for the gear blocker is a bad one. I think it will save many lives, and to me it isn't urgent to use a cell phone while in the passenger seat - and if it were then the driver could pull over.
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LeAnne
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Goodluck on that one.
Seriously, you can talk to a teen till you are blue in the face. You can only hope that everything you have preached has sunk in and they stop and think before they do stupid things.
Just saying I have not met an Angel Teen yet that has followed all the rules to include mine.
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