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What Would You Do? Cell Phone Dilemna
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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 144910" data-attributes="member: 393"><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"><strong>We blocked all internet access & texting capabilities from kt's cell phone. She ran over her minutes one month & lost her phone priviledges for 2 weeks along with a bunch of chores. Mind you, we didn't get charged for those minutes (we had plenty on the family plan) however we've been trying to teach kt responsibility. Plus her phone was bought for one reason - to stay in touch with home while she is out in the community, call her PCA if separated while in the community, family & her therapist. She can talk with her friends (the lion's share of minutes) on the land line.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"><strong>Having said that, I would, as another suggested, make the phone a paper weight. I'm not beyond that - did it for 2 weeks with kt & will do it again. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"><strong>Is your difficult child aware of the number of minutes he has to use? I check kt's minutes daily & make her aware of what she has used & what she has left. Help her work out the minutes per day (it's a good math exercise). by the way, kt sits here & watches me check her minutes - you should see the girl sweat. She hates "the cell check".</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"><strong></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 144910, member: 393"] [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][B]We blocked all internet access & texting capabilities from kt's cell phone. She ran over her minutes one month & lost her phone priviledges for 2 weeks along with a bunch of chores. Mind you, we didn't get charged for those minutes (we had plenty on the family plan) however we've been trying to teach kt responsibility. Plus her phone was bought for one reason - to stay in touch with home while she is out in the community, call her PCA if separated while in the community, family & her therapist. She can talk with her friends (the lion's share of minutes) on the land line. Having said that, I would, as another suggested, make the phone a paper weight. I'm not beyond that - did it for 2 weeks with kt & will do it again. Is your difficult child aware of the number of minutes he has to use? I check kt's minutes daily & make her aware of what she has used & what she has left. Help her work out the minutes per day (it's a good math exercise). by the way, kt sits here & watches me check her minutes - you should see the girl sweat. She hates "the cell check". [/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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