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customerserviceguy

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69. He still gets quite bit of time to use it
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 03:45 PM
Jan 2013

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.

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
19. You must acknowledge that THE GRATEFUL DEAD is the greatest band in the history of bands. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #51
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
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