My daughter is obbsessed!!!!?

Question

My daughter wants a cell phone very badly. She tries to make deals with me and her father so that she can get one. She also knows the exact name. It's the LG 8500 Chocoate. It's from verizon. Should I buy it for her?

Answer 1

What you should do is make a bank account for her. then 3 months after when it has alot of money in it use your money to buy it and pay the first 3 bills then she has to pay using the money in her bank account. That should work becuase, I know she would probally do anything to get that phone. It's a very nice one.

Answer 2

Well,hun the first thing you need to ask yourself is.."Is she responsible enough for a cell phone?".If you cant answer that yourself then more than likely she isnt.She needs to be responsible and understand that this is a privilege and can be taken away.If you answer yes,then you set some guidelines and some rules as to how this phone is to be used and what purposes.Start out small such as "This phone can be used to call your father and I in emergencys".If she can follow those rules and use it for only that purpose then give her a little more freedom with it.Remember not to give her to much as you may have a huge phone bill on your hands.You choose the ways she can use this phone and whats purposes are.Make sure she understand these rules and that if she doesnt follow them that phone will be taken away.If you do actually decide to get her this phone you need to pick out a plan that allows her so many minutes and that is it.Allow her to used those minutes for whatever purpose you have said her phone is to be used for.If she uses it for those purposes it should last her a certain amount of time which you can figure out.Do not give her too much freedom with this phone such as giving her this phone and allowing her to do with it as she pleases or giving her a phone with a plan that does not have a limit on minutes.Also,my suggestion would be for her to get a small job.I am not sure how old she is but im sure somewhere in your area she can find a job.Even if its only part time she can contribute a certain amount of money to either the phone itself or the monthly bills.This will strengthen her responsibility skills.It will allow her to understand the value of this phone and in fact she wants it as bad as she says she does she will work for it and help pay her monthly bill.Good luck

Answer 3

Since your daugther is getting her first cell phone. Make it prepaid and make sure it isn't an expensive one. Make a deal with her telling her if she take care of the first one. She can have the LG 8500 Chocolate. Dont buy your daughter an expensive one for her first time.

Answer 4

do you think she really needs a cell phone?? If not, then no don't buy it. cell phones bills can get very expensive very quickly. And if you do get her one, i start out with a prepay one, that way she can only use the minutes she has. And only buy so many minutes a month. It's kinda like a test to see if she is indeed mature enough. I don't think there's a need for a child to have a cell phone unless they are going to be away from home.

Answer 5

Is there any reason for her to have a cell phone? The only reason my dad is giving one to my younger sibling is because it'll be easier to get a hold of her. Even then, it won't be until she's a few years older. How mature is your daughter? Do you think she'd be able to handle the restriction of minutes or would she gab on it 24/7? I didn't get a cell phone until after I graduated from High School, and I didn't mss out on much. It all depends on her maturity and how much you're willing to pay to give into her wish.

Answer 6

Unless you want an outrageous cell phone bill I would probably wait. You might want to check into other phone companies. Disney mobile has a thing where you can limit when the kid can use it and also lets you keep track of the minutes they use and also lets you keep track of where the child is. Your best bet would probably be to start her off with a prepaid phone so you can make sure she is responsible enough to not go over the allotted minutes.

Answer 7

Make her earn it so that she will know how to respect the phone if and when she gets it... its nothing like making her have a little responsibility for instance if she gets an allowance then make her pay $10-$20 a month on the phone so that's she's not totally getting for free.

Answer 8

If she is mature then I say go for it. You will always know where she is at all times. I would recommend getting a pre paid cell though so she doesnt go over any monthly minutes. Once her minutes are up then she pays to put more on or she doesnt get anymore minutes till next month. She will learn to control her minutes if she doesnt come across money that often. It just may teach her responsibility.

Answer 9

How old is she? and what does she want it for? Most likely, us teenagers (yeah, I'm one of them) want those kind of phones just so we can show them off and brag. But in the end, we rarely use all the fancy features and stuff on it. Perhaps you should just get her a medium range phone first to make sure she can be responsible with it, and then in the future you can get her a new phone. That's what my parents did, I had the same phone for 3 years and I just recently got a new one from them. It makes me appreciate it and take care of it muuuch more!

Answer 10

Well, how old is she? I guess it all depends if she really needs one. If she doesn't, all it will do is cause a problem. In fact, no matter what it probably cause problems anyway. Until they make cellphones that you can automatically shut off at a certain time or something, parents and kids are going to fight about the bill. The answer to your question is really another question: How much money are you willing to pay for her privilege to talk?