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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's interesting that people see the smart phone kids and the kids who text as automatically the wealthy ones.

My kid has a Smart phone.  It cost $39.99.  It's on a pay as you go plan with unlimited texting.  If I had gotten him a "dumb phone", I would have saved about $10 on the phone, but be about another $10 a month to move up to a plan with more minutes, because we wouldn't be able to do most of our communication by text.

He has a Smart phone because he doesn't have the luxury of a parent at home, and so he's on his own a lot, including transporting himself by public bus.  We don't have a landline, for budgetary reasons.

I have trouble with the family with the SAHM (a luxury we could never afford) and the house with the landline (which costs $) who drive their kid everywhere, pronouncing that kids don't "need" phones.[/quote]

As a sahm, depending on the age of the child it is very appropiate to drive your child or it is neglect.  If I have to pick up my kid, then yes it is appropiate if I am running a minute late or she is not where she should be.  A home phone is for safety.  We have one.  We have limited minutes on our cell and do not use them as a primary phone.  I do not want everyone having that much access to me.  If my cell is not charged we need a way to call 911.  Our cell phone battery life sucks.  A land line is not that expensive on the whole. [/quote]

Wow. You missed the point.[/quote]

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