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What Would You Do? Cell Phone Dilemna
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 144832" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I've had cell phone issues with my difficult child- but I got him a pay-as-you-go phone and started him with a card I got for him but he had to use his own money to buy the mins., unless I "rewarded" him by buying him one. Anyhow, he has lost his privilege with it right now.</p><p>In the situation you describe, if this is the first offense, I would take it away, pay the fines, not give the phone back until the fines are reimbursed to you by his/her money, chores, etc., then he/she would have to contribute somehow to the cost of the phone in order to get it back and keep it.</p><p>If it is not the first offense and this is an older tennager- sorry, they are on their own with this one, they don't get it back. They can find a way to pay for their own.</p><p>Just my 2 cents!</p><p></p><p>Oh, I just read your post again and realized that this is apparently someone else's difficult child. I'm not sure what is meant by "the kid gets the phone back legally" but it appears to me that a lesson would be learned and the kid would be taking responsibility by either option 'b' or 'c'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 144832, member: 3699"] I've had cell phone issues with my difficult child- but I got him a pay-as-you-go phone and started him with a card I got for him but he had to use his own money to buy the mins., unless I "rewarded" him by buying him one. Anyhow, he has lost his privilege with it right now. In the situation you describe, if this is the first offense, I would take it away, pay the fines, not give the phone back until the fines are reimbursed to you by his/her money, chores, etc., then he/she would have to contribute somehow to the cost of the phone in order to get it back and keep it. If it is not the first offense and this is an older tennager- sorry, they are on their own with this one, they don't get it back. They can find a way to pay for their own. Just my 2 cents! Oh, I just read your post again and realized that this is apparently someone else's difficult child. I'm not sure what is meant by "the kid gets the phone back legally" but it appears to me that a lesson would be learned and the kid would be taking responsibility by either option 'b' or 'c'. [/QUOTE]
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