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58. And for other people who love terrible grammar along with 8 billion rules.

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Fri Jan 4, 2013, 09:53 PM

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Rules for using an iPhone (from a mother to her teenage son when he was given the iPhone) [View all] Are_grits_groceries Jan 2013 OP

It's a good list. Too bad it's from Glenn Beck's site. Ugh. NC_Nurse Jan 2013 #1

I changed the link. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2013 #3

Good Lord dvhughes Jan 2013 #2

He'd do that only once. If I paid for it, I'd slap... TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #54

I am with you dvhughes Jan 2013 #55

If you are going to have this many fricking rules about an iphone then why buy one LynneSin Jan 2013 #4

yep, essentially if you can't embrace the technology, why pay for the technology? wyldwolf Jan 2013 #6

We got our 2 iPhones for free... blueamy66 Jan 2013 #9

How you managed that hooray LynneSin Jan 2013 #20

We signed a 2 yr contract blueamy66 Jan 2013 #37

the latest phone or past model LynneSin Jan 2013 #39

We got 4Ss blueamy66 Jan 2013 #43

yeah Apple starts to unload the previous model when the new one comes out LynneSin Jan 2013 #45

iPhones may be free but data isn't. dkf Jan 2013 #29

I was responding to the Op that stated that they were expensive. blueamy66 Jan 2013 #38

The expensive part of all cell phones is the service. dkf Jan 2013 #40

And if you don't have a service plan on the phone or the kid loses it - that's $600 to replace it LynneSin Jan 2013 #46

It's not that she doesn't want him using the technology customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #10

This is what you call theKed Jan 2013 #11

Oh FFS. When I grew up, you booked phone time. TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #56

If this kid can't prove he can handle the rules with a smartphone customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #68

But all those 18 rules basically take away the reason for having an Iphone LynneSin Jan 2013 #19

Gee....how did so many of us manage to survive school Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #26

Stay at home moms? dkf Jan 2013 #31

I don't think so. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #36

He still gets quite bit of time to use it customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #69

Guess what - you could get a much less expensive phone that has the same features LynneSin Jan 2013 #70

I do agree on the plan customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #71

I kinda disagree with the concept the kid will grow up to be a better person LynneSin Jan 2013 #72

I pay $26 a month for my iPhone, no plan. ananda Jan 2013 #49

Agree 100%, plus my eyes were glazing over from all the rules! adigal Jan 2013 #64

Overall, good. Disagree with some of them wyldwolf Jan 2013 #5

Scientific study has actually determined that modern music... TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #60

A study may have revealed those points about music... wyldwolf Jan 2013 #67

God damn... why not just give the kid a 1995 Motorola Flip Phone. Jeez. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #7

Kids need to at least have one rule for their parents: originalpckelly Jan 2013 #8

Seeing that the trend is parents still supporting their grown children, Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #28

Now, there's an excellent idea. That would work very well. MineralMan Jan 2013 #24

meh RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #12

Dumbass mother. Why give the teen an iPhone at all...nt SidDithers Jan 2013 #13

Sid Berlum Jan 2013 #14

Did she just suggest that the kid ..... Talk to a STRANGER?????? JoePhilly Jan 2013 #15

Save shit like this for a weekly Bible study group email. nt Codeine Jan 2013 #16

That "Mom" sounds like an authoritarian passive-aggressive pain in the arse. Ikonoklast Jan 2013 #50

And for other people who love terrible grammar along with 8 billion rules. REP Jan 2013 #58

Micromanage much? Brickbat Jan 2013 #17

Rule for the cell phone in the trumad house. trumad Jan 2013 #18

Thinking about this more -- if your teenager doesn't know these "rules" by the time he's a teenager, Brickbat Jan 2013 #21

First, why bother with a smart phone if you're going to have these rules? jeff47 Jan 2013 #22

This sounds a little uptight to me. I understand some of the stuff about Arkana Jan 2013 #23

My 15-year-old nephew MineralMan Jan 2013 #25

Backup. Factory reset. Problem solved. Occulus Jan 2013 #27

I don't care, and that wasn't my point. MineralMan Jan 2013 #30

You should use a different example, then, Occulus Jan 2013 #34

I'll give your advice about my relationship with my nephew MineralMan Jan 2013 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author Occulus Jan 2013 #44

The value is in what *I* pay for it at the time I pay it. TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #62

Is that supposed to impress me or something? Occulus Jan 2013 #65

Don't care if it impresses you or not. TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #66

My daughters got Ipods for Christmas. Jennicut Jan 2013 #32

That's a good idea. There's iPod / computer time, there's homework time, and there's family time... SidDithers Jan 2013 #33

I really hate this kind of crap. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #41

I have my own list of rules for my kids. Xithras Jan 2013 #42

These are my basic rules too mcar Jan 2013 #47

This woman sounds like an idiot. white_wolf Jan 2013 #48

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Some will get addicted, some won't. 7wo7rees Jan 2013 #52

The mother's rules are way too authoritarian, to be honest billbailey19448jj Jan 2013 #53

Are you Bill Bailey the musician? Welcome to DU. uppityperson Jan 2013 #61

"I am LENDING it to you" or "I am MAKING A LOAN of it to you" REP Jan 2013 #57

Way too contrlling. RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #59

Why not just get him a flip phone???? Think. dvhughes Jan 2013 #63

sorry, these parents are sick cali Jan 2013 #73

I like those rules. LWolf Jan 2013 #74