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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 316893" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>For my difficult child 1, no way in HE!! will I give him a phone with internet. He would be looking at porn every chance he got -- he's already shown he can't be trusted with unrestricted internet use on the home computer AND on MY PHONE when I wasn't looking (it's now passcode protected).</p><p> </p><p>We gave him his own prepaid AT&T GO phone for his 8th grade promotion. It's a very cheap, basic phone. I think I paid $15 for it on clearance... maybe less. I loaded $25 on it as part of the gift, with the specific instructions that when it ran out, it was up to him to cough up the $ to reload it. He's only been able to come up with money once since last June. Then an acquaintence texted him continually and ran up his charges so he suddenly had no minutes left! That taught him a hard lesson <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> So he's had no minutes since mid-October, and all I can say is too bad, so sad. Do some chores and maybe you can earn some cash to reload it! And having husband out of work is a wonderful opportunity for me to teach the kids these tough lessons <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 316893, member: 3444"] For my difficult child 1, no way in HE!! will I give him a phone with internet. He would be looking at porn every chance he got -- he's already shown he can't be trusted with unrestricted internet use on the home computer AND on MY PHONE when I wasn't looking (it's now passcode protected). We gave him his own prepaid AT&T GO phone for his 8th grade promotion. It's a very cheap, basic phone. I think I paid $15 for it on clearance... maybe less. I loaded $25 on it as part of the gift, with the specific instructions that when it ran out, it was up to him to cough up the $ to reload it. He's only been able to come up with money once since last June. Then an acquaintence texted him continually and ran up his charges so he suddenly had no minutes left! That taught him a hard lesson :) So he's had no minutes since mid-October, and all I can say is too bad, so sad. Do some chores and maybe you can earn some cash to reload it! And having husband out of work is a wonderful opportunity for me to teach the kids these tough lessons :D [/QUOTE]
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