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Part 1 - Cell phones and difficult child's
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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 242190" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Hello All--</p><p> </p><p>My difficult child has really been pestering for a cell phone...and she has been begging for us to please just add her to our plan. Despite her promises "<em>I'll be really good with</em> <em>minutes</em>!" and "<em>I'll only text a little</em>...."--husband and I know her too well. So we have told her that right now, at age 13....she really has no need for a cell phone. They are not allowed in school (Number 1), she can call her friends from the home phone after school (Number 2), and the only time she is not with her family is when she is visiting a friend's house WITH parental supervision (Number 3).</p><p> </p><p>husband has made it clear that when she has a job and would need a cell phone she can purchase pre-paid minutes. And then she can only talk/text as much as she pays in advance.</p><p> </p><p>I know the minutes are more expensive with the pre-paid plans....but I think it's a good solution.</p><p> </p><p>--DaisyF</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 242190, member: 6546"] Hello All-- My difficult child has really been pestering for a cell phone...and she has been begging for us to please just add her to our plan. Despite her promises "[I]I'll be really good with[/I] [I]minutes[/I]!" and "[I]I'll only text a little[/I]...."--husband and I know her too well. So we have told her that right now, at age 13....she really has no need for a cell phone. They are not allowed in school (Number 1), she can call her friends from the home phone after school (Number 2), and the only time she is not with her family is when she is visiting a friend's house WITH parental supervision (Number 3). husband has made it clear that when she has a job and would need a cell phone she can purchase pre-paid minutes. And then she can only talk/text as much as she pays in advance. I know the minutes are more expensive with the pre-paid plans....but I think it's a good solution. --DaisyF [/QUOTE]
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