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In reply to the discussion: Rules for using an iPhone (from a mother to her teenage son when he was given the iPhone) [View all]customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)69. He still gets quite bit of time to use it
She's trying to teach him that it shouldn't take over his life. As for the phone at school thing, perhaps a simple flip phone that takes and makes calls (without texting) is the best solution to that. You can buy them for dirt cheap at any variety store, even some supermarkets.
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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
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
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
Guess what - you could get a much less expensive phone that has the same features
LynneSin
Jan 2013
#70
God damn... why not just give the kid a 1995 Motorola Flip Phone. Jeez.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#7
Seeing that the trend is parents still supporting their grown children,
Sekhmets Daughter
Jan 2013
#28
That "Mom" sounds like an authoritarian passive-aggressive pain in the arse.
Ikonoklast
Jan 2013
#50
Thinking about this more -- if your teenager doesn't know these "rules" by the time he's a teenager,
Brickbat
Jan 2013
#21
That's a good idea. There's iPod / computer time, there's homework time, and there's family time...
SidDithers
Jan 2013
#33
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Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#51