What cell phone does your 12 year old have?
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Anonymous
Same here. Friend gave us his when he upgraded to the 5. |
Anonymous
| cheap flip phone from T-moblie $100 for the year for 1000 minutes. |
Anonymous
| iphone 5c ($99). |
Anonymous
| $30 t-mobile phone. unlimited texting for $15 a month + 10 cent/minute calls. Not a $$ issue but it seemed a good place to start. DS is 13. Until this year he had nothing. |
Anonymous
When he loses it next month, you will discover it is a $500 phone with a $400 subsidy by Att/verizon/sprint to lock you into to paying 1,200 over 2 years. |
Anonymous
| My 13 year old has LG Optimus L9. |
Anonymous
| My 12 year old has a Verizon pay as you go phone (an LG, I think) with a slide out keyboard. The plan is cool and has unlimited texting for $35 a month. It is his first phone, and I: (1) did not want him to worry about losing it, and (2) want to control his internet use. He has not complained about it, and has an Ipad for apps. If he does not lose it, I will think of getting a better phone in the future, but I cannot imagine the need to pay for the plan right now. |
Anonymous
Or you buy replacement insurance for $1.99 per month. |
Anonymous
New pp here. I was going to keep my thoughts to myself, but your post compelled me to chime in. It has nothing to do with money, but has to do with not raising entitled children that are hard to please adults. The pp you responded to wasn't being rude, but I guess I will be. I can afford an iPhone for my kids., don't assume that pp can't either. The whole idea is that it's a different value system. Also, kids that age don't need that kind of access to the Internet. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| Don't see how getting an iphone makes a kid feel entitled. Guess that's why my 11 and 14 year olds have them. Both have iphone 4. |
Anonymous
| Phones aren't part of my value system. I think we'll all be fine. |
Anonymous
Pp here. What do they have to work toward? What makes them different from adults that carry around the same phones? Will they be happy as adults if they can't afford the best of everything, or will they learn to be content with less? That's the idea. No judgement here...I was just responding the the rude assumption made by the previous PP. More power to you if this is your choice. |
Anonymous
It's a part of a larger idea about being materialistic and having things handed to you. But it's okay, you can pretend you didn't understand that. |
Anonymous
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I read a quote recently that I wish I could recall the exact wording. The general idea was: The greater the abundance, the lower the gratitude.
I actually discussed it with my kids when I read it b/c I do see that it is true. The more tv I allow them to watch, the less they appreciate it. The more sweets they have access to, the less they appreciate it. The more .... the less they appreciate... Of course, we don't need to withhold all pleasures in life just to be grateful. But there is truth in the statement. I don't want my kids to have "the best of everything" b/c they cannot possibly appreciate what it takes to earn it, and from a purely pragmatic viewpoint, they simply don't need the functionality of an iphone at 12. So, it's a matter of over-spending for the situation. |