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Hey Michael....can you come up with an award "You fell for the Old Post" icon. I don't know how many times I have done this. I think it would be funny to slap it up there when someone falls for it. 
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We have a "grounded phone" for our teens- no camera- no querty keyboard- no wifi.
I do not allow my kids (9,15,16) to go out without their cell phone- I do see it as a safety issue- I feel better when they have it... I also like the fact that when my kids drive I can turn on GPS locater and find out where they are... I could also do this in an emergency if needed now...
I liked the idea that the punishments at your house stay at your house and dads rules apply there-
When my kids do the "I hate you" or "you don't care", etc... I tell them I have enough friends and so do they- when they are adults it can be diff but for now I'm mom only- sometimes my husband and I high five and say " yes!! We are doing it right!!" Lol. It may hurt but I know if my kids always think I rock I'm missing something!Comment
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If that is your consequence for bad grades then I think it is perfectly fair.
Ex-husbands can be a huge pain in the butt sometimes when it comes to questioning perfectly logical rules.
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I am so glad I'm not the only 'bad' guy. I have custody of my grandson and granddaughter who are 16 and 9. They feel they should have phones and mom has snuck phones to them 3-4 different times to 'communicate' with them. She is only allowed supervised visits so I had to keep the rule of no phone.
It's hard when kids are teens and EVERYONE else has them. I feel that unless the kids are involved in a lot of activities where it may be necessary for them to contact you for pick ups etc then NO they do not NEED a phone.
I believe in those phones with the 4 numbers is the only way to go if a parent wants a teen to have a phone for those reasons. But to have unlimited access to EVERYTHING is asking for trouble.
Back when my own kids were at home my teen daughters had phones...and one of them ran up a bill of 3,000.00. That was when I went to a prepaid phone as I knew exactly what it would cost each month and there would be no surprises.
Kids can just get into toooooooo much trouble these days with that kind of access to the entire world. I noticed my other grandson's girlfriend has over 3,000 friends on her facebook. NOBODY has those kinds of friends and a lot of them are guys from other countries...she's 18.
So nope...no phones with all that access here.Comment
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My girls ages 17 and 20 have iphones and I have the family map program so that I can locate them at any time of the day..
We live in California and I am more worried about predators and the 600 registered sex offenders in our city alone.. so yup I am "one of those parents"
and I can relax more knowing they can call/text/fb me anytime they need me...(their schools allow phones)
Just Yesterday, I used it because she decided to eat lunch at school instead of at home, so I just "mapped" her and went on with my dayhappyfaceComment
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my girls both have android phones and they are 11 and 14.. they are in alot of activitites and its makes communication alot more convenient, but they dont think for a moment that if their grades or their behavior is not up to par that they will continue to have the luxury of the phone.. NO WAY!!
their dad doesnt get a say because i pay the phone and the bill LOLComment
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