injustice with cell phones?

Question

in order for me to get a cell phone i had to complete one of the following things 1) my best friend Teresa had to get one (but that was not haping soon the others were 2) I had to get my black belt (which i did) the other was that i had to be on the honor role for an entire year.

my sister had the same agrements so when i got mine she got a little phone called i firefly but she washed it and got an actual phone?!!!? so naturally i raised hell because do you think that it was fair that she got a phone when she was 11 years old (and i made an agrement w/ my mom that she had to be 13 before she got one) and she did not do any of the requirements to come buy it ?

If it sound like im whining i apologize i just hate being treated unfairly

Answer 1

it seems unfair to me. It happened to me as well. I don't see why parents like to change the rules for the younger ones when the older ones had to do it first. But at the same time you showed them that you can be responsible with the phone so they trust that your sister could too.

Answer 2

I'm curious as to how old you are. I agree that siblings should be treated equally. (I remember cleaning the mountains of toys on the floor of the room I shared with my sister, while she got to wash windows. Where's the justice in that?)

I don't think an 11-year-old doesn't need a phone, but neither does a 13-year-old. I think 15 or 16 is about the right age, and if a teen wants a phone before then, it should be a prepaid phone (like a TracFone) that is paid for out of their own money.

Congrats on meeting your requirements, though. Job well done! And I would do one of two things if I were you...If the phone you have is crap, then keep pushing for the better one, since it's only fair. If it's ok, then your mom owes you one, and I'd pocket that for something really important. But you know your mom better than I do, so you know whether either strategy will work or not.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Don't get caught up in details. Today parents like to stay connected. If you think about it not only for saftey issues,or if thier running late to pick you up at least with this option you know how to react. Or maybe plans change what a better way to reach them then a cell phone.
Or think of it like this what if your at a birthday party or freind and you just are'nt having a fun time just call mom.

It just makes you feel lousy. Parents tend to forget what they make 1 child do as oppose to the others. But I'm sure in this instance it was with good reason
Move on and release the negative it's not a big deal.

Answer 4

You should thank your parents.
Let me explain.
I was there too. I had to wait until a certain age to date, but my 2 1/2 year old little sister got to start whenever. I had to watch over her alot. I sometimes got mad, but then I remembered we were family. My parents cared enough to ask me to become responsible.
Now she and I are both mature adults. I have a job, and she has hardly ever worked. She has a substance abuse problem, but I was responsible enough to turn away from substance abuse.
She was sexually irresponsible and I was careful. Nw she has a STD and I do not. To say the least, my rules taught me to look ahead and work for stuff, while she hopes things will fall into her lap. Sad really, but that is the importance of discipline.

Answer 5

My daughter complains to me that the younger ones gets things that she had to earn or wait until she was older.

Sometimes parents think they've got the perfect plan, but our oldest shows us a better way. Your mom probably realized the good points to your sister having a cell phone once you got yours.

Don't be too hard on her. If she were perfect, she wouldn't be human.

Answer 6

Your older so you get the job of breaking your parents in. You get to test the waters and show them that it's ok. Don't worry tho your sister will get the payback when she is the last one in the house and they don't want to let go of their baby.

Answer 7

It does seem a bit unfair.