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Her Birthday is this month and she has been wanting a phone. I can understand that. But $600!!!
Then she will need a special case to protect it. What type of phone would you get your 11 year old daughter
My niece got her 10 year old daughter a new iPhone 6. She said she "had to" because her daughter was being bullied in school for not having one. Insane.
Her Birthday is this month and she has been wanting a phone. I can understand that.
I doubt very much that giving your children a sense of entitlement is the biggest favor you can do for them. In my experience it is one of the most dangerous characteristics to have.
The $600 phone will probably come with a service that may cost $600 a year.
This Evo Flip is partly phone, and partly monitoring device. It is marketed for children 4-11. Presumably at older ages than that it is considered too invasive of their privacy, but I am sure that some parents would prefer that level of monitoring up until the age of 18.
This Coolpad Arise sold by Scratch Wireless for $99 seems like a good compromise for children. They have free unlimited access to the internet and wifi calling and texting, and they can send texts for free from cellular. But they must pay $2 a day for cellular voice. While you probably want your child to have cellular access in case of an emergency, it provides a convenient dividing line. You get to see the purpose for all their cellular calls, and they get privacy for wifi calling.
Her Birthday is this month and she has been wanting a phone. I can understand that. But $600!!!
Then she will need a special case to protect it. What type of phone would you get your 11 year old daughter
Why does anyone need a $600 cell phone?
Besides, who actually pays sticker for those things?
My phone was $700 new. But I paid like $150 or something. Contract, blah blah.
Have you ever seen anyone get mugged? Have you ever seen someone grab a piece of jewelry around the neck of a woman (which is not worth anywhere near $600) and twist and pull on it until she can't breathe when mercifully the chain breaks. If so you would think hard about walking around with something valuable, and even less about putting your own daughter in that kind of danger.
I very much like the idea of Android phone with everything backed up on google. If I am mugged, then I hand over the phone and whatever cash I have on me, I buy a new phone, and get my data back. Your daughter's safety should be far more important than helping satisfy her sense of self worth by having a device that her friends have.
I doubt very much that giving your children a sense of entitlement is the biggest favor you can do for them. In my experience it is one of the most dangerous characteristics to have.
The $600 phone will probably come with a service that may cost $600 a year.
While I don't know their "sons" financial status and maybe they can afford a $600 phone for their daughter. That is their business not mine.
I will say, of the people I deal with every day the most "entitled" people are the ones that have never been able to afford a $600 phone.
Providing things for your kids does not necessarily create a sense of entitlement. Matter of fact, in my adult son it created a sense of wanting to work hard so he could have the nicer things in life like his parents and like he had growing up.
My kids had smartphones that were worth $600 but we only paid $100 for the phone with the contract.
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