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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.
Fair enough. I don't see that myself, but motivating factors are open to interpretation. What about my post about endangering your child by giving them something so valuable that they are the target of thieves who might hurt them trying to steal the phone?
While there may be several reasons, I would think that the primary reason to give an 11 year old a phone is for her protection. If it is stolen then you've betrayed the primary reason for owning the phone. While anything could be stolen, a $20 phone is a much lower target.
BTW: my phone is an $80 phone that I bought on sale for $20. Usually I have the flip phone that they give me free with the contract. I have lost them in the past, and I always buy the cheapest replacement that I can manage.
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 11 year old daughter would not be getting a phone no matter what her friends think and any adult who spends that much on a phone for a child has bery few usable brain cells in their head.
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
It's really none of your business what your son gets his daughter is it?
It's really none of your business what your son gets his daughter is it?
The forum had a post from an adult man who complained about his father telling him that the 3 minute setting on his security lights was wasting electricity and he should use the 1 minute setting instead. That certainly qualifies as "none of the father's business". The question is so detailed that it borders on instability.
But a $600 phone might compromise the safety of an 11 year old girl. In this case I think a family member has the right or even an obligation to question this decision.
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
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Originally Posted by PacoMartin
The forum had a post from an adult man who complained about his father telling him that the 3 minute setting on his security lights was wasting electricity and he should use the 1 minute setting instead. That certainly qualifies as "none of the father's business". The question is so detailed that it borders on instability.
But a $600 phone might compromise the safety of an 11 year old girl. In this case I think a family member has the right or even an obligation to question this decision.
I don't see where safety was the OP's question.
And, I think she is the only "family member" posting. Not sure, but no one else has identified themselves as a family member.
Depending on his carrier and his plan, he could be putting $0 down and paying a monthly amount of +/- $25. On a family plan, her phone could be adding very little to their monthly budget.
Personally, I'd be more concerned about her sudden open access to the Internet, but if her parents are tech-savvy, they may have that all figured out.
Bottom line, OP, do you trust that you've raised your son well to be a good parent to his own child?
My 11 year old daughter would not be getting a phone no matter what her friends think and any adult who spends that much on a phone for a child has bery few usable brain cells in their head.
No phone at all? Why not?
I can sort of understand not a smartphone, but in this day and age, I think any child who is starting to be independent and away from parents all the time need to have some sort of a phone. In the "olden days", you made sure they had a quarter and knew where the pay phone is. Now there are no pay phones.
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