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re: Can you take your kids phone away from your kid?
Posted on 5/28/22 at 12:40 am to cable
Posted on 5/28/22 at 12:40 am to cable
I 100% can- I pay the bill. Only reason my 14 & 11 year olds have phones is because we don’t have a home phone. It’s nice because they can add things to the ‘kids events’ calendar when they need to, but they know that it can be taken if they aren’t responsible with it.
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Posted on 5/28/22 at 12:48 am to cable
It’s easier to just not give them one to start with. My oldest is 11. Ill get her a flip phone to talk and text probably when she is in 8th grade. And even then it’s more for our convenience when she starts doing late activities and such. She won’t have a smartphone until she goes to college. There is just zero reason for it until then. At best it’s a distraction at school. At worst, well let’s not go there. She has an iPad at home to FaceTime with her friends and I have to fingerprint approve any app that gets installed and I’ve blocked all social media websites. And we have conversations about why this is and what the dangers are.
The sad thing is that some of her classmates had freakin brand new iPhones and TikTok accounts in 2nd and 3rd grade. She asked why they had them and she didn’t. I flat out told her “because those kids parents are morons.”
The sad thing is that some of her classmates had freakin brand new iPhones and TikTok accounts in 2nd and 3rd grade. She asked why they had them and she didn’t. I flat out told her “because those kids parents are morons.”
Posted on 5/28/22 at 1:01 am to NOLAVOL16
The real reason is because everyone has one and there was really good deals this past holiday that every kid got lucky with, seems that way here.
He even lucked out with an I watch which is cool because I can take away the phone and still contact him.
Yes he has a tiktok but he tags me in all the dumb shite. So i fortunately know.
I’m mid 30s and had a cellphone at 14 with internet. Saw noodie mags as a kid.
We don’t have cable and never have for our kids lives.
He will be in 6th this year but our school had 5-8, so he’s pretty busy. We live outside of town and have no problem dropping him off at the park.
Again when I was his age I didn’t have a phone and I toilet papered houses and soaped cars.
I turned out ok minus ending up here.
He even lucked out with an I watch which is cool because I can take away the phone and still contact him.
Yes he has a tiktok but he tags me in all the dumb shite. So i fortunately know.
I’m mid 30s and had a cellphone at 14 with internet. Saw noodie mags as a kid.
We don’t have cable and never have for our kids lives.
He will be in 6th this year but our school had 5-8, so he’s pretty busy. We live outside of town and have no problem dropping him off at the park.
Again when I was his age I didn’t have a phone and I toilet papered houses and soaped cars.
I turned out ok minus ending up here.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 1:02 am to momentoftruth87
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Yahoo chat as a teen
God only knows how many old dudes I had cyber sex with thinking it was a hot chick
Posted on 5/28/22 at 1:06 am to NOLAVOL16
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Ill get her a flip phone to talk and text probably when she is in 8th grade. And even then it’s more for our convenience when she starts doing late activities and such.
What do you do in the 6th grade when she wants to sleep out at her best friends house and they don't have a home phone?
Posted on 5/28/22 at 1:15 am to momentoftruth87
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I’m mid 30s and had a cellphone at 14 with internet. Saw
What kind of phone did you have with internet in 2002ish?
I was a freshman in college in ‘01 when I got my first cell and that sucker only had 150 minutes a month, could only be used in 3 states, and wouldn’t even text.
And yeah, we all did dumb stuff growing up but it wasn’t documented forever online.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 1:17 am to LSUfan4444
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What do you do in the 6th grade when she wants to sleep out at her best friends house and they don't have a home phone?
Call the friends parents on their cell like a normal adult? She’s not staying at anyones house who I haven’t met and have no way of contacting in the first place.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 1:35 am to cable
For starters, it isn't your kid's phone. It is your phone that you bought and you pay for that you allow your kid to use. Take it away early and often. It'll likely do them some good.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 2:06 am to NOLAVOL16
If I remember correctly it was this or something similar. Antenna would go up like an inch. I love telling dumb stories because I know I’ll never do anything dumb like I did as a teen.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 2:53 am to cable
I can and have. He’s about to be 15. He can use it to check for messages, send messages, etc 2 or 3 times a day when at home, and it gets plugged in and on the kitchen counter otherwise.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 3:44 am to cable
quote:My kids owned NOTHING.
Can you take your kids phone away from your kid?
There was nothing that I could not take away from them before they reached 18 save for the clothes on their back.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 4:29 am to cable
I can control my daughters phone from my phone. At a certain time every night all apps are disabled except for phone and message apps (for safety). She talks back, acts up or bad grades I just turn her phone into a brick. I do not have to physically take it.
What happens when I take it? She's actually a better human being so I take it as much as possible. She's much more polite and we talk much more. It might just be a ploy to get her phone back but she's much more pleasant to be around.
What happens when I take it? She's actually a better human being so I take it as much as possible. She's much more polite and we talk much more. It might just be a ploy to get her phone back but she's much more pleasant to be around.
This post was edited on 5/28/22 at 4:39 am
Posted on 5/28/22 at 5:24 am to fr33manator
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Think about how stupid you were in your tween/teen years.
Now Imagine you had unfettered access (and let’s not pretend they won’t) to the depths of the internet, to video chats, instant pics…
It’s hard enough preparing them to fight the monsters, much less inviting the monsters in.
I'd up vote this to infinity and beyond -- if possible.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 5:40 am to NOLAVOL16
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She won’t have a smartphone until she goes to college.
I’ll take that bet…
Posted on 5/28/22 at 5:51 am to momentoftruth87
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Yes. If he didn’t, the phone would be launched into the wall.
This is the truth in my home. My kids never had their own cell phone. They had a cell phone that was my phone because I paid for it monthly. I let them borrow my extra phones and even let them put a personalized case on it. When I wanted one of my extra phones for a day or a week, I took it back and they did not complain one bit.
Same with my extra cars I let them borrow.
My wallet = my stuff.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 5:53 am to cable
The ones still at home? There is only one with a phone (16 yo girl). If her mom or I ask for her phone it’s handed over no questions asked.
The rest (14,13,11) don’t have phones yet. The 14 yo will be getting one soon.
The rest (14,13,11) don’t have phones yet. The 14 yo will be getting one soon.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 6:06 am to cable
My kids are 23, 23 and 21. They all were 16 for their first smart phone. I didn't care what they thoughts were. I pay the bills and they got the phone taken away if they little bitches or assholes or bad grades. Oh, and I wasn't naïve to the fact of friends burner phones.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 6:08 am to cable
Until they are paying the bills, they don’t have a phone…they are just borrowing one of mine and they can lose that privilege at any time.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 6:19 am to cable
Get with the times
My kid has a better phone than me and has had a smart phone since he was 10 years old.
My kid has a better phone than me and has had a smart phone since he was 10 years old.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 6:26 am to The Torch
Let us know when he tells you he wants to chop off his dick
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