Comments on: Kids and Cell Phones http://colormepink.com/2009/04/kids-and-cell-phones/ Homeschooling, jewelry designing, adventure seeking, picture taking, gadget loving, blog writing, foodie, up for (almost) anything Mom about town. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:06:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jill http://colormepink.com/2009/04/kids-and-cell-phones/comment-page-1/#comment-10955 Jill Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:49:56 +0000 http://pink.starbrightjewels.com/?p=1973#comment-10955 With 4 kids (come this August that will be 4 teenagers!) that all have cell phones it is a monthly challenge to see who is monopolizing the minutes on our plan. We actually have to have two plans because Verizon only allows up to 5 phones on one plan. My kids are all involved in extra activities outside of school and having phones sure does give me piece of mind to know where they are and when they need to be picked up. 3 of them are in High School where there are over 2000 students and if you ask any of my kids they will sadly tell you they are the ONLY ones that don't have texting let alone a Blackberry so they can BBM their friends! Their phones are a privalage and they are reminded of that quite often. Teaching them phone manners was more important than teaching them how to use their new phones when they got them. When the oldest graduates this year, he will get texting added to his phone...but don't tell him it will be a surprise!! With 4 kids (come this August that will be 4 teenagers!) that all have cell phones it is a monthly challenge to see who is monopolizing the minutes on our plan. We actually have to have two plans because Verizon only allows up to 5 phones on one plan. My kids are all involved in extra activities outside of school and having phones sure does give me piece of mind to know where they are and when they need to be picked up. 3 of them are in High School where there are over 2000 students and if you ask any of my kids they will sadly tell you they are the ONLY ones that don’t have texting let alone a Blackberry so they can BBM their friends! Their phones are a privalage and they are reminded of that quite often. Teaching them phone manners was more important than teaching them how to use their new phones when they got them. When the oldest graduates this year, he will get texting added to his phone…but don’t tell him it will be a surprise!!

]]> By: color_me_pink (Christine Schroeder) http://colormepink.com/2009/04/kids-and-cell-phones/comment-page-1/#comment-12005 color_me_pink (Christine Schroeder) Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:13:25 +0000 http://pink.starbrightjewels.com/?p=1973#comment-12005 Kids and Cell Phones: If you’ve ever been here before, you probably are aware that we’re a homeschoo.. http://tinyurl.com/da2nyx Kids and Cell Phones: If you’ve ever been here before, you probably are aware that we’re a homeschoo.. http://tinyurl.com/da2nyx

]]> By: rivereye http://colormepink.com/2009/04/kids-and-cell-phones/comment-page-1/#comment-10954 rivereye Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:10:30 +0000 http://pink.starbrightjewels.com/?p=1973#comment-10954 Etiquette and common courtesy, a definite requirement for cell phone ownership....Our carrier, USCellular, allows free calls between all their customers...It's saved us a bundle and their service is excellent...My kids are older so I never had to deal with cell phone conundrums...Although a few of my grandchildren have to be reined in from time to time from obsessive texting....Good Luck.... Etiquette and common courtesy, a definite requirement for cell phone ownership….Our carrier, USCellular, allows free calls between all their customers…It’s saved us a bundle and their service is excellent…My kids are older so I never had to deal with cell phone conundrums…Although a few of my grandchildren have to be reined in from time to time from obsessive texting….Good Luck….

]]> By: jim http://colormepink.com/2009/04/kids-and-cell-phones/comment-page-1/#comment-10953 jim Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:01:42 +0000 http://pink.starbrightjewels.com/?p=1973#comment-10953 great post. etiquette is the most important point as far as I'm concerned. :cocktail: great post. etiquette is the most important point as far as I’m concerned. :cocktail:

]]> By: mysuestories http://colormepink.com/2009/04/kids-and-cell-phones/comment-page-1/#comment-10952 mysuestories Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:03:13 +0000 http://pink.starbrightjewels.com/?p=1973#comment-10952 Both of my kids have had cell phones for three years, now, and being a working mom, it's the only way to keep up with where they are at all times. Neither kid has texting, and we added no whistles and bells...strictly no frills. And if I can't have an iphone...well then, NOBODY gets one! Ain't it great being the mom?! <abbr><em>mysuestoriess last blog post..<a href="http://mysuestories.blogspot.com/2009/04/feeding-kids-in-todays-economy.html" rel="nofollow">Feeding Kids in Today's Economy</a></em></abbr> Both of my kids have had cell phones for three years, now, and being a working mom, it’s the only way to keep up with where they are at all times. Neither kid has texting, and we added no whistles and bells…strictly no frills. And if I can’t have an iphone…well then, NOBODY gets one! Ain’t it great being the mom?!

mysuestoriess last blog post..Feeding Kids in Today’s Economy

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