Reply #52: not going to need to get one for mine cause all the kids will have them, and

[seabeyond]

he wont need his own. i have 12 and 9 yr old boys. told them long ago i wasnt going to be paying for a cell phone for them. they have access to school phones if they need me. they do not need to be making calls during school hours and after school they have our home phone. two cell phones enough in this family. my kids have a lot of "things". they are far from being deprived. but i am conscience of the societal demands of wants that feed our children and i refuse to allow children to participate in these areas. i simply say no. they are not playing the games of "joneses" with clothes, shoes, cell phones, tv in rooms, ect.... often/occassionally i tell my children no simply so they learn they do not get all things. that sometimes we do without

cell phones is one of the things i have said no to.