Have we lost our minds as parents or is just parenting in modern times?
2007-12-29 11:39:57 · 18 answers · asked by George 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
Parenting in modern times. It's a lot easier to text message than scream their name up the stairs and hope they answer before you go hoarse. It's like speaking their language, they see a text and are highly likely to respond. So assuming you have unlimited texting, why not?
2007-12-29 14:33:51 · answer #1 · answered by Jen70 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Guilty! My husband, both my kids and myself all have cell phones with unlimited texting, and the kids and I take advantage of it as much as we can. I have even texted them while riding in the same car or while watching tv together. It's a good way to share secrets with only one person in the room too lol. I think part of it is being lazy but the biggest part is the fact that they can't turn the volume down enough on the radio or the TV to be able to hear me talk. This way I know they got my message lol.
2007-12-29 21:19:43 · answer #2 · answered by cowgirlshanny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do it with my husband! Sometimes we will be in a restaurant and we do it there too. The funny thing is that is how I told him I loved him for the first time! No you have not lost your mind, how ever it seems more and more parents are turning to this as a form of communication with their children.
2007-12-29 11:48:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is just a baby, but I do text my husband when he's in the next room over. When I got my first cell phone, I used to text my brother, sister, mom, and step dad all the time. I was like a hermit, I never left my room... I had no reason to.
edit: it's good for convenience, but we aren't verbally communicating anymore which is the most important
2007-12-29 12:15:50 · answer #4 · answered by Jake 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
My duaghter and I were instant messaging each other earlier from across the room!! Of course, with us it was meant as a joke. I kind of enjoy talkgin to her. I IM my husband all teh time but HIM I do because I dont want to talk lol
2007-12-29 11:44:57 · answer #5 · answered by Betsy 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i text my mom during shcool and tell her to come get me or how bored i am or to drop of my sneakers for cheering or ill text her and tell her that im going to a friends and she texts back and sometimes she texts me and tells me how much work sucks but i lost my phone in the snow so im getting a new phone on the 9th!
2007-12-29 15:36:07 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Babi_girl♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rmy mom calls my cell phone b/c I am upstairs and she is downstairs. She has bad knees so its hard for her to come get me, yelling is out of the question becuase she has a very soft voice and i have music playing :)
2007-12-29 12:01:55 · answer #7 · answered by Blue_roses 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yea I have texted my mom while we are both in the house, or more than likely I just scream if I want something, she usually comes.
2007-12-29 11:48:51 · answer #8 · answered by Emily 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes I email my mom when I want to tell her things..
I don't really text her in the house
2007-12-29 11:43:31 · answer #9 · answered by Spongeluv11 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
haha my parents will call me [on the phone] or I'll call them when we're just down the hall. yeepp I think part of it is being so damn lazy =P
2007-12-29 14:34:23 · answer #10 · answered by Gummy. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋