How much do you alow them to run up the bill before it bothers you?
2007-04-01 08:51:50 · 13 answers · asked by da dude 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
after having a bad experience with our son running up a $250 bill on text messaging, i've come to the conclusion that when they can afford one of their own, they can have one. why does everyone think they are a necessity anyway? somehow, we got by just fine w/o them when i was a kid.
2007-04-01 09:09:41 · answer #1 · answered by racer 51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-04-01 15:54:59 · answer #2 · answered by ya ok....sure 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the kid's maturity and ur security needs. We got them cell phones at age 15 in one case (very mature kid) and 16 in another case (immature). Guess what-- we should have never got the immature one his cell phone until he recently turned 20. The 15 yr old (now 16) is just fine. No extras (like 411 calls) is our rule. The usual family plans with about 100 min/mo/kid allowed for daytime non-verizon (or whatever) .
2007-04-01 16:02:01 · answer #3 · answered by dadwith4kids 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i got one for my daughter when she started driving. she was 16. that was several years ago though and i guess it just depends on the situation. if its for safety reasons or to just have one. alot of companies have the prepaid phones now, and you could think about doing something like that. get them a certain amount of minutes and make them learn how budget them. they can really run those minutes up...
2007-04-01 16:00:59 · answer #4 · answered by psst.... its me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how much time they have to spend alone. It's a good tracking device and keeps them safer. But monitor the minutes, so they aren't yakking at friends, for the younger kids.
2007-04-01 15:59:37 · answer #5 · answered by Jenny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lookie here whatever they say they do not REALLY need a cell phone until they are at that age where they go off alone with friends to movies and malls and the like.
2007-04-01 15:56:05 · answer #6 · answered by noskillzorz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i'm 18 and i didn't get one until i was 18 because then i was able to pay the bill myself...i see kids who are in elementary school and they already have cell phones
2007-04-01 15:56:42 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think 13, and if you get a pay as you go, it will shut off once they run out of minutes. you have to renew it so you can control the bill.
2007-04-01 15:56:33 · answer #8 · answered by jacquimaddi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my kids both got there at age 14, they were prepaid phones, my daughter ,who is 17 now is on our plan, and does really good at staying below her minutes, id say start with a prepaid and see how they do, make sure they can follow YOUR guidelines! good luck.
2007-04-01 16:00:05 · answer #9 · answered by imamom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
15 but get a prepaid phone.
2007-04-01 15:55:26 · answer #10 · answered by charitydowling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋