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<blockquote data-quote="Babbs" data-source="post: 297965" data-attributes="member: 3820"><p>I finally bit the bullet last year and added a cellphone onto my plan for difficult child when he was 8. Gives us a "spare" phone for the house (we don't have a landline) and I can start teaching him responsibility with it. E.G. difficult child has to call me when he gets home from school, even though I'm usually only 15 minutes behind him, it gives a line for difficult child's dad to call him so I don't have to deal with the ex.</p><p></p><p>I was able to pay a minimal fee to have "parental controls" - i.e. I can limit times of day when phone calls can be made (911 always goes through), I can block up to 15 phone numbers to either call or be called, I can block or unblock texting, sending of photos, etc. Anything that can be done on the phone I can block or control. Right now I have max controls on it, as difficult child gets older I may loosen it up a bit if he finds a way to pay for the bill.</p><p></p><p>I'd check with your carrier to see if there's a way to control the texting on the phone. And I agree that 7 weeks is tooooo long of a time for a difficult child to see consequences completed - major chore time for him to pay off that bill in my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babbs, post: 297965, member: 3820"] I finally bit the bullet last year and added a cellphone onto my plan for difficult child when he was 8. Gives us a "spare" phone for the house (we don't have a landline) and I can start teaching him responsibility with it. E.G. difficult child has to call me when he gets home from school, even though I'm usually only 15 minutes behind him, it gives a line for difficult child's dad to call him so I don't have to deal with the ex. I was able to pay a minimal fee to have "parental controls" - i.e. I can limit times of day when phone calls can be made (911 always goes through), I can block up to 15 phone numbers to either call or be called, I can block or unblock texting, sending of photos, etc. Anything that can be done on the phone I can block or control. Right now I have max controls on it, as difficult child gets older I may loosen it up a bit if he finds a way to pay for the bill. I'd check with your carrier to see if there's a way to control the texting on the phone. And I agree that 7 weeks is tooooo long of a time for a difficult child to see consequences completed - major chore time for him to pay off that bill in my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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