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Part 1 - Cell phones and difficult child's
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 242976" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>An option we had a few years ago (I think it's still available, but we no longer need it ourselves) was an automatic reverse charges call to home from any public phone (or even someone else's home phone who didn't want to pay for the call). It was called Homelink and it worked with a combination of numbers which included our home number plus a password of our choosing. The kids could call home using Homelink, to let us know their wherabouts. For example easy child used to use it a lot to let us know she'd missed the boat home (a fairly common occurrence). We had a friend from the US visit Australia so we gave him the password also, so he could call us from wherever he was in Australia if he needed to.</p><p></p><p>Mobile phones have made HOmelink almost obsolete, so it's not advertised like it used to be. But I do think it still exists.</p><p></p><p>It might be worth your while to ask your service provider if such an option exists in your area, it could make contact a bit easier for your child in those situations where they need to call but you can't risk them having a mobile phone. Or they are out of credit, or their battery is flat. Or any number of istuations.</p><p></p><p>It also can't be abused, because the numbers show up on your bill (where called from, and when, and for how long) and also, how could you abuse it?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 242976, member: 1991"] An option we had a few years ago (I think it's still available, but we no longer need it ourselves) was an automatic reverse charges call to home from any public phone (or even someone else's home phone who didn't want to pay for the call). It was called Homelink and it worked with a combination of numbers which included our home number plus a password of our choosing. The kids could call home using Homelink, to let us know their wherabouts. For example easy child used to use it a lot to let us know she'd missed the boat home (a fairly common occurrence). We had a friend from the US visit Australia so we gave him the password also, so he could call us from wherever he was in Australia if he needed to. Mobile phones have made HOmelink almost obsolete, so it's not advertised like it used to be. But I do think it still exists. It might be worth your while to ask your service provider if such an option exists in your area, it could make contact a bit easier for your child in those situations where they need to call but you can't risk them having a mobile phone. Or they are out of credit, or their battery is flat. Or any number of istuations. It also can't be abused, because the numbers show up on your bill (where called from, and when, and for how long) and also, how could you abuse it? Marg [/QUOTE]
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