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<blockquote data-quote="kennedyland" data-source="post: 595344" data-attributes="member: 16133"><p>I wouldn't bother. It's an illusion to think that access is only possible if people carry telephones. In today's world there are so many ways to communicate that carrying a telephone is overkill. For decades people did just fine with one telephone in a building. If he wants to get ahold of you he can borrow a phone. My son carries a phone. His mom pays for it. He's run the bill up, she's paid, and he feels no regret. When asked to go to Wallgreen's and simply buy a $20 pay-as-you-go telephone he replied, "Why, it doesn't cost mom all that much money." When told that if it isn't "all that much money" that he could afford one, he got mad. He rarely returns calls. As far as I know, he's now in that treatment program, but I never got a call confirming whether he got there or not. Paying for a telephone for someone else is enabling. Let him take responsibility for that little bit of technology.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kennedyland, post: 595344, member: 16133"] I wouldn't bother. It's an illusion to think that access is only possible if people carry telephones. In today's world there are so many ways to communicate that carrying a telephone is overkill. For decades people did just fine with one telephone in a building. If he wants to get ahold of you he can borrow a phone. My son carries a phone. His mom pays for it. He's run the bill up, she's paid, and he feels no regret. When asked to go to Wallgreen's and simply buy a $20 pay-as-you-go telephone he replied, "Why, it doesn't cost mom all that much money." When told that if it isn't "all that much money" that he could afford one, he got mad. He rarely returns calls. As far as I know, he's now in that treatment program, but I never got a call confirming whether he got there or not. Paying for a telephone for someone else is enabling. Let him take responsibility for that little bit of technology. [/QUOTE]
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