Teen loses AirPods at least annually !!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let her buy them herself. I absolutely would not buy another pair.

What does buy it herself mean when she doesn’t work? She just ask for them as her one gift from family for Xmas or birthday. So instead of a couple of checks from aunts and uncles we just get airbuds

I just want her to stop losing them! I think a purse would help or something like that to make them “bigger”.

Get an airtag. How is this difficult?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let her buy them herself. I absolutely would not buy another pair.

What does buy it herself mean when she doesn’t work? She just ask for them as her one gift from family for Xmas or birthday. So instead of a couple of checks from aunts and uncles we just get airbuds

I just want her to stop losing them! I think a purse would help or something like that to make them “bigger”.

Get an airtag. How is this difficult?

Dont airpods have an airtag in them now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Argh, she got AirPods and managed to not lose them for 8 months. Then we replaced and she managed to leave them at an event within 2 months.

I am loathe to get her another pair even if that is her only gift (that was her only Xmas and birthday gift each time).

I try to let her get by with some target $15 earbuds but she says they are uncomfortable (i think they just look uncool).

Tell me how your teens don’t lose them?!

That is all we need to know. Pony up.

[Anonymous]

Teach your kids good habits!!! I have ADHD and I rarely lose or misplace things. Because I am more prone to losing things or being distracted mid-task, I have systems and habits to prevent losing or breaking important or expensive items.

I started with my kids in early elementary school with water bottles, “special gloves” that matched a unique color winter coat, etc. I buy nice things that my kids like. We’ve lost 1 water bottle, 1 cheap digital watch, and 0 gloves/sweatshirts/jackets/hats in 10 years of parenting - and it was ME who left the water bottle behind at a restaurant.

Right now my kids have Amazon knock-off Apple Watches. If they wear them daily and don’t lose or break them for 1 full year, they will get a real Apple Watch for 5th grade. 6 months in, it’s going well.

As a kid who DID lose things and get in trouble with my parents, I know that learning how to take care of things is not something that kids just know without being taught.

[Anonymous]

She pays for them herself if she wants airpods. Otherwise she gets generic ear buds until she stops losing them.

[Anonymous]

And, just get cheap ones that look similar to airpods. If she wants to look cool, she needs to practice taking care of her things.

[Anonymous]

Stop buying them, she has a cheap pair for out of the house and only uses them at home or stop complaining. The cheap pairs are fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teach your kids good habits!!! I have ADHD and I rarely lose or misplace things. Because I am more prone to losing things or being distracted mid-task, I have systems and habits to prevent losing or breaking important or expensive items.

I started with my kids in early elementary school with water bottles, “special gloves” that matched a unique color winter coat, etc. I buy nice things that my kids like. We’ve lost 1 water bottle, 1 cheap digital watch, and 0 gloves/sweatshirts/jackets/hats in 10 years of parenting - and it was ME who left the water bottle behind at a restaurant.

Right now my kids have Amazon knock-off Apple Watches. If they wear them daily and don’t lose or break them for 1 full year, they will get a real Apple Watch for 5th grade. 6 months in, it’s going well.

As a kid who DID lose things and get in trouble with my parents, I know that learning how to take care of things is not something that kids just know without being taught.

5th grade is very young for an expensive watch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teach your kids good habits!!! I have ADHD and I rarely lose or misplace things. Because I am more prone to losing things or being distracted mid-task, I have systems and habits to prevent losing or breaking important or expensive items.

I started with my kids in early elementary school with water bottles, “special gloves” that matched a unique color winter coat, etc. I buy nice things that my kids like. We’ve lost 1 water bottle, 1 cheap digital watch, and 0 gloves/sweatshirts/jackets/hats in 10 years of parenting - and it was ME who left the water bottle behind at a restaurant.

Right now my kids have Amazon knock-off Apple Watches. If they wear them daily and don’t lose or break them for 1 full year, they will get a real Apple Watch for 5th grade. 6 months in, it’s going well.

As a kid who DID lose things and get in trouble with my parents, I know that learning how to take care of things is not something that kids just know without being taught.

That is exactly why I am posting this OP what are your systems and habits?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop buying them, she has a cheap pair for out of the house and only uses them at home or stop complaining. The cheap pairs are fine.

Let me be fair, she is not complained, and in fact, didn’t even tell me until I asked where they were. She was going to accept that she lost them and use wired headphones, and whatever else we had around the house that was cheap and workable. I just expect someday she will ask for a birthday present of new AirPods, and I’m hoping to have better success in the future

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Argh, she got AirPods and managed to not lose them for 8 months. Then we replaced and she managed to leave them at an event within 2 months.

I am loathe to get her another pair even if that is her only gift (that was her only Xmas and birthday gift each time).

I try to let her get by with some target $15 earbuds but she says they are uncomfortable (i think they just look uncool).

Tell me how your teens don’t lose them?!

Not just teens. I’ve lost three pair in a couple of months. I lost mine so I “borrowed” my husbands. Lost those so I borrowed my sons. Lost those. I replaced them all. I then tried a system to try and remember where they are and I lost my most recent pair. I take them out when shopping and am at the register or talking to someone and then don’t remember where I put them.

I buy the older AirPods because I keep losing them. My husband just got my 6th grader the $250 pair. We’ll see how that goes although I always call on her when I can’t find something and if it’s in the house she finds it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Argh, she got AirPods and managed to not lose them for 8 months. Then we replaced and she managed to leave them at an event within 2 months.

I am loathe to get her another pair even if that is her only gift (that was her only Xmas and birthday gift each time).

I try to let her get by with some target $15 earbuds but she says they are uncomfortable (i think they just look uncool).

Tell me how your teens don’t lose them?!

Not just teens. I’ve lost three pair in a couple of months. I lost mine so I “borrowed” my husbands. Lost those so I borrowed my sons. Lost those. I replaced them all. I then tried a system to try and remember where they are and I lost my most recent pair. I take them out when shopping and am at the register or talking to someone and then don’t remember where I put them.

I buy the older AirPods because I keep losing them. My husband just got my 6th grader the $250 pair. We’ll see how that goes although I always call on her when I can’t find something and if it’s in the house she finds it.

$250!! Wow we only get basic AirPods when on sale, so these have been $80-$100 loses — still a lot for us - Op

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Argh, she got AirPods and managed to not lose them for 8 months. Then we replaced and she managed to leave them at an event within 2 months.

I am loathe to get her another pair even if that is her only gift (that was her only Xmas and birthday gift each time).

I try to let her get by with some target $15 earbuds but she says they are uncomfortable (i think they just look uncool).

Tell me how your teens don’t lose them?!

Not just teens. I’ve lost three pair in a couple of months. I lost mine so I “borrowed” my husbands. Lost those so I borrowed my sons. Lost those. I replaced them all. I then tried a system to try and remember where they are and I lost my most recent pair. I take them out when shopping and am at the register or talking to someone and then don’t remember where I put them.

I buy the older AirPods because I keep losing them. My husband just got my 6th grader the $250 pair. We’ll see how that goes although I always call on her when I can’t find something and if it’s in the house she finds it.

One key that some people have figured out — NEVER TAKE THEM OUT. that’s why the world is overrun with people looking like they won’t be paying any attention to you because they have headphones in. I know it has transparency mode, but it still feels rude.

[Anonymous]

My kid who has them is pretty responsible and bought them with his own money. Never lost them.

The risk of losing them seems silly with how expensive they are, so I got myself $25 wireless earbuds that are completely fine.

My younger kid will likely want them and she has no business owning expensive ANYTHING that would leave the house.

[Anonymous]

How are thy losing them. They are the easiest thing to track.

Do they not have them connected to fFind My? The new ones you can actually set off audible alert, that is how we found the one in our dogs belly.

You can set it to alert you when you leave them behind.