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What Would You Do? Cell Phone Dilemna
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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 145018" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>Both! I think phones have abused by teens since Bell invented them. My brother was in the party line generation. I can remember him constantly grousing that he had to get off the phone cause the old biddies were all yelling and he couldn't even hear his girl friend.</p><p> </p><p>I had the pink (yuck) princess phone in my room until Dad got fed up and literally yanked it out of the wall cause it would ring after 9:00 pm (my cut off time for the phone). Our kids -- typical teens and problem children -- abuse cell phones. I truly believe that there isn't a parent of a teen with a cell phone who hasn't abused the phone at least once. The difference is that a typical teen gets the message after losing the phone for a week or two and is more careful so as not to lose it again. Our kids just rail that the rules aren't fair and do their best to break them.</p><p> </p><p>And didn't you know that no other kid ever has a curfew, phone rules, dress code, chores besides yours? Just ask them. Of course, if you get a chance (like you did), ask the other set of parents.</p><p> </p><p>Some things really do fall into the typical teen category but carried to the absolute extremes by our little darlings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 145018, member: 3626"] Both! I think phones have abused by teens since Bell invented them. My brother was in the party line generation. I can remember him constantly grousing that he had to get off the phone cause the old biddies were all yelling and he couldn't even hear his girl friend. I had the pink (yuck) princess phone in my room until Dad got fed up and literally yanked it out of the wall cause it would ring after 9:00 pm (my cut off time for the phone). Our kids -- typical teens and problem children -- abuse cell phones. I truly believe that there isn't a parent of a teen with a cell phone who hasn't abused the phone at least once. The difference is that a typical teen gets the message after losing the phone for a week or two and is more careful so as not to lose it again. Our kids just rail that the rules aren't fair and do their best to break them. And didn't you know that no other kid ever has a curfew, phone rules, dress code, chores besides yours? Just ask them. Of course, if you get a chance (like you did), ask the other set of parents. Some things really do fall into the typical teen category but carried to the absolute extremes by our little darlings. [/QUOTE]
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