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[quote=Anonymous]My oldest is 8 and has been asking me for about a year for a cell phone.  My answer has always been no.  I mean really, what 8 year old needs a cell phone?  Mine sure doesn't.  
Anyway, my kids have been away for the week and DD calls me to tell me her grandparent's friend gave her a cell phone.  She said it's a pay as you go phone and I need to activate it.  She's so excited and wanted me to pick her up three days early just so she could activate it.  I didn't want to get into it with her while she's with her grandparents but I am really hesitant to activate it.  I have no clue who she's going to call with it.  We have a house phone and she's not allowed to bring it to school.  To make it worse she said she's to share it with her younger brother.  Yeah, like that won't cause fighting.

I know that there aren't lots of other parents out there like me.  I am a hold out on technology for my kids.  I let them watch T.V. or use my computer on occasion but that's about the extent of it.  I want them to be children.

At least I have a few days before they come home.  [/quote]

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