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Parents... best phone plan for kids?
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I really like the sound of Kajeet. I wish they had more phone options.
Well this was 'really' for Mom and Dad. But I guess I'll put this off now until Christmas (close enough that this discussion is still helpful). I asked him last night if he wanted a phone and he does NOT. I'm sure not going to fight him on it. He wants a new gaming system. That's a big cup of "NO" from dad. So he decided he wants an electric scooter. Easy enough...
Well this was 'really' for Mom and Dad. But I guess I'll put this off now until Christmas (close enough that this discussion is still helpful). I asked him last night if he wanted a phone and he does NOT. I'm sure not going to fight him on it. He wants a new gaming system. That's a big cup of "NO" from dad. So he decided he wants an electric scooter. Easy enough...
My kid is 13 and we told him he can have a phone when he can buy it with his own money and pay the bill himself. It is not negotiable and he probably hasn't asked in the past year because I have been very clear on that fact. It would certainly be more convenient for us as parents if he had one, but I'm not going to do it. My son is in marching band which practices until 530 everyday after school, plays drums at a celebrate recovery church service on Tuesday, plays bass guitar for the youth group on Wednesday at one church, practices Wednesday night for Sunday service at another church, has boyscouts on Thursday night followed by another practice for drums & bass at a yet another church, he plays in the marching band at the high school football games on Friday nights, has an event every Saturday for scouts, marching band, or if he gets lucky and has a free Saturday he plays guitar at a "garage church" and then Sunday morning he plays drums for the youth service, bass for the main service, and Sunday night he plays bass or drums for a bilingual service on the other side of town.
I do a ton of driving around and dropping him off. I am ready for him to have a car more than anything. Anyway, we get by without a phone for him, and if we can, anybody can.
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I'm exhausted just reading that...
You should try driving him around to all that crap. The fact that I don't normally go to church makes it even more tiring. Ever sit through a spanish church service?
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Good on you and good on him! If my son did all that, it better be his permanent career because he'd be flunking school for never getting any homework done.
You know I had some honest concerns about that when he started volunteering for all these things. Some nights I don't get him home until after 11pm. We have been clear that if the grades start to slip he is going to have to pull back. The funny thing is, the more he has gotten involved in the better his grades have gotten. When he first started playing in churches he was a B and C student with the occasional D. Since he started being so active, he hasn't brought anything home lower than a B. Letting him do so much goes against everything I thought to be true, but so long as those A and B report cards keep coming home, I guess I will keep driving him all over the damn place.
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Wow. Yep, I'd gladly sacrifice my time and have buy a few extra tanks of gas for that kind of performance.
I was a happy camper when my oldest got her DL - she was then able to run the other 2 around. I was very lucky in that all 3 of my kids were straight A students and I didn't pay a dime for their college as all got scholarships or VA benefits as 2 are veterans.
And yes, we bought each of them their first car for being good kids...
And yes, we bought each of them their first car for being good kids...
I have two of our grand kids on our unlimited talk/text & 4gb shared data Verizon plan...ages 14 and 11.
I always add the grand kids when they turn 11...with the parents blessing, of course.
We all have iPhone 5C which makes it really easy to communicate via Face Time...both kids live in Louisiana.
Neither of them use much talk time or data (each of our 4 lines total have a set 1gb limit each per month) but the 14 year old (girl) usually goes over 1400 messages per month...more than the rest of us combined.
I always add the grand kids when they turn 11...with the parents blessing, of course.
We all have iPhone 5C which makes it really easy to communicate via Face Time...both kids live in Louisiana.
Neither of them use much talk time or data (each of our 4 lines total have a set 1gb limit each per month) but the 14 year old (girl) usually goes over 1400 messages per month...more than the rest of us combined.
