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I haven't had a house phone in over 8 yrs...No need for one..So I dont want DC kids using my cell using up my minutes.
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I have had a landline off and on over the years....I currently do not. HOWEVER, my dck's can always use my cell phone (and have).Comment
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At .45 a minute for overages, I am not taking any chances! Besides that would be the day I let kids touch a $300 phone..Comment
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In CT a landline is a requirement for a licensed provider.
Same rule for everything else- if you aren't going to share it with everyone - leave it at home. not sure mom wants to have her kid's cell phones shared with all the toddlers that drool... LOL
I'm just wondering how on earth children survived their horribly miserable lives prior to cell phones and electronics.Comment
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ditto here, we must have a landline available at all times.
we have one but do not use, we use cells. our is all unlimited w/web,etc...i just dont understand why a child needs a cell phone to contact parents while at daycare...Comment
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My daycare girl just turned 10 and had a cell phone here all through the summer...I had no issue with it as long as she didn't lose it and put it back in her bin when she was done. I have a small daycare so it's not really an issue for me.
I think it depends on the child too...if they are irrisponsible with it, I would never allow it here. My daycare girl is responsible with hers.Comment
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i used to think kids having cell phones was stupid, but now my 6 year old and even my 4 year old take mine and play pac-man, brick buster, and watch cartoons on it when we're out. i don't see it being any different than a nintendo DS or a portable DVD player really.
but a kid having a cell phone in general and having one at daycare are different things. i think if there's a policy on game systems it would probably fall under that category IMO.
i do find it odd that people say, "schools don't allow it," but then other times it's, "well, this isn't school."
it's a personal choice what anyone decides, but comparing it to school isn't really the same.Comment
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Yes us too and it ****s... has to be a land line... the DHS publishes it now and NOW we get the added pleasure of constant telemarketers because it's a business and the "no call" doesn't work on business lines.
I'm to the point of just paying for it but keeping it disconnected and checking it every week or so.
It's 25 dollars a month and a huge waste of resources. I would rather have the extra 300 a year and buy a great toy for the kids.Comment
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A couple of mine have them. I get each parent's permission first. It doesn't bother me if they use them, as long as they aren't on them during homework time. I just make sure that the parents understand that I am NOT responsible for lost or damaged phones.Comment
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One thing to think about is there is no end to parents giving kids cell phones. Within a few years there will be toddler/preschooler versions with knobby thick buttons and simple touch screens with cameras and voice recording.
The age that the child can "play talk" on the phone will be the lowest age it is marketed to.
The cell phone connection will be cheap and parents will want their kid to have this with them during day care.
I actually see this coming. Ten years ago the tought of having a ten year old have a cell phone would be rediculous. Now I am getting MY ten year old one for Christmas because it's such a cheap technology.
These will be marketed down to the absolute youngest that can press a button and look at a screen. We will have this come up for small children soon.
I don't allow any recording devices or insta parent devices so I won't be allowing it. I also don't allow any toys from home. The no toy rule will most likely not jive for the parents because they won't view this as a toy. The "everybody must share" any toys that come into the house won't work either as parents aren't going to view a cell phone with a monthly service plan as a toy.
I don't take care of school agers but I have actually had this happen with an occassional family I babysat for. Their four/five year old would only come to my house if he had a cell phone. :
: It got turned off and put away every time.
He wanted it so Mom could tell me what he was going to do cuz him telling me what he was going to do wasn't working.
NO Cell phones.Comment
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It's pretty simple for me, really. Cell phones can come, but if I see/ hear it, I'll be the one handing it back to the parent. Everyone knows I have a phone, so that's what we use.
This brings up another point- SA's and the internet- do you allow them to check email or 'surf the net'? To me, any connection to the outside world is unneccesary at that age, in daycare. At home, I let my 13yo surf (content filtered) at will, but if I found out the school let her I would not approve.Comment
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MissNikki,.. no they do not use the internet,... at any age here. My own kids do after hours. But we dont have a computer available to the daycare kids.Comment
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no cell phones here, totally not neccessary and I don't care if they need contact with the real world. But I do allow the the sa who is 9 go on my computer but its centrally located so she goes on safe sites, basically same sites as my own kids go on. I, as of september am not providing care for any 10 yr olds and older so I don't have to worry about this anymore.Comment
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I wouldn't allowed cell phones in here but they can use my phone if it is necessary. It is my house, not theirs. It is simple as that.
It is not my business if the parents are giving their kids cell phones at younger ages. I wouldn't give my kids until 13 years old if they are enough responsibility. Sorry I am not going to spoil my kids. All parents are different, I guess.
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