Can you hear me now?
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mickeymI have (as y'all probably know) a kid. A teenager, at that. That kid has a cell phone. While this is occasionally handy, it's more often a royal pain in my ass. We have constant battles about ring tones, volume, use (and frequency of use). So I'm wondering...am I doing (or not doing) something wrong? Does everyone with kids-with-cell phones have to deal with this crap? Thus, a poll.
It's aimed at folks with kids between the ages of 12 and 18, but if your kid is younger and has a cellphone, or is older and still at home (and you're paying the bills), that's cool too. Please, fill out my poll, because I am very curious about this. Thanks!
[Poll #1753426]
And it occurs to me, since I can't really comment on my own entry (well, I could, but that would be weird):
The cut-off time for Matthew flexes as needed; mostly it's a talking thing -- he doesn't need to be on the phone late. During the school year, it's 930-10p; during school breaks it's midnight. Texting I'm more flexible on, as long as he has it set to vibrate and I don't have to listen to the ringtone all the time.
I've had to tell him repeatedly to tell whomever he's texting with when we're sitting down to eat, not to text for at least 15-20 min., but I'm thinking of changing that to just making him turn it OFF for that time period -- because he can't seem to understand that just because the notification comes in that he has a text doesn't mean he has to answer it right then and there.
It's aimed at folks with kids between the ages of 12 and 18, but if your kid is younger and has a cellphone, or is older and still at home (and you're paying the bills), that's cool too. Please, fill out my poll, because I am very curious about this. Thanks!
[Poll #1753426]
And it occurs to me, since I can't really comment on my own entry (well, I could, but that would be weird):
The cut-off time for Matthew flexes as needed; mostly it's a talking thing -- he doesn't need to be on the phone late. During the school year, it's 930-10p; during school breaks it's midnight. Texting I'm more flexible on, as long as he has it set to vibrate and I don't have to listen to the ringtone all the time.
I've had to tell him repeatedly to tell whomever he's texting with when we're sitting down to eat, not to text for at least 15-20 min., but I'm thinking of changing that to just making him turn it OFF for that time period -- because he can't seem to understand that just because the notification comes in that he has a text doesn't mean he has to answer it right then and there.
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Date: 2011-06-19 03:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-19 03:53 am (UTC)I'm really not the person to ask on this, bc I have this aberration of a son. My little one's more work than the older one, more moody, more resistant, talks back more and is less needy...in other words, my nine year old behaves like a teen, whereas my teen doesn't. Confused world :) (Which means that when little one gets a phone, we'll probably have to have rules. Older one sets his own or anticipates mine. He's the kid who went on a week school trip with $160 for all his meals and came back with $135. To this day I have no idea what he ate, but he tells me he split meals and I'd given him snacks and...he didn't want to spend my money... Younger one takes everything I give him, loses half, spends the rest, and then borrows from others... You'll see my posts of doom on that one soon :)
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Date: 2011-06-19 05:59 am (UTC)(And, additionally, OMG the number of non-LJ login options in the comment page!)