Good question. Why weren't parents in control of their children's behavior of cellular phone usage and so on? Lately, AT&T made headlines when they announced that they are putting parents in control of how their children use their cellular phones, things like blocking text messaging when a certain limit is reached, or allowing only certain available minutes on a family plan to keep from using up the 10,000 minutes on their four phones.
Shouldn't parents be the ones to blame for why their children are out of control? Why is it when they buy their kids a cellular phone, it's the cellular phone company's fault, not the parents or kids, for running up a $1,000 plus bill? Why isn't it the kids' fault for having unlimited access to the phone, the internet, and text messaging?
I myself have kids, and for now, they are not old enough to have cellular phones. I do have other family members and friends with similar horror stories, and you would think these solutions would fix everything:
* Buy the kid a prepaid phone, and make sure a strong lecture is given on how limited its use will be.
* Do not have text messaging as a feature.....period, end of story! If they want to chat with their friends, have them use the landline phone.
* Only allow the kid to take the phone to school for emergencies only, like no ride home, missed the bus, had detention and needs a lift home, etc. Kids do not need to be on the same campus, within 300 feet of each other, yapping away when they could be in physical contact.
These are a few examples I can think of as to why parents should have been in control in the first place. AT&T made headlines on this most likely because it sends a message to parents that you need to stop blaming the phone company for your kids getting out of control of something you trust them with.
Shouldn't parents be the ones to blame for why their children are out of control? Why is it when they buy their kids a cellular phone, it's the cellular phone company's fault, not the parents or kids, for running up a $1,000 plus bill? Why isn't it the kids' fault for having unlimited access to the phone, the internet, and text messaging?
I myself have kids, and for now, they are not old enough to have cellular phones. I do have other family members and friends with similar horror stories, and you would think these solutions would fix everything:
* Buy the kid a prepaid phone, and make sure a strong lecture is given on how limited its use will be.
* Do not have text messaging as a feature.....period, end of story! If they want to chat with their friends, have them use the landline phone.
* Only allow the kid to take the phone to school for emergencies only, like no ride home, missed the bus, had detention and needs a lift home, etc. Kids do not need to be on the same campus, within 300 feet of each other, yapping away when they could be in physical contact.
These are a few examples I can think of as to why parents should have been in control in the first place. AT&T made headlines on this most likely because it sends a message to parents that you need to stop blaming the phone company for your kids getting out of control of something you trust them with.
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