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I'm not sure why a 7 year old would need a phone. I was talking to a mom yesterday who told me her 2nd grade son got in trouble at school for taking his 5th grade brothers phone. She's a very nice, down to earth, sweet mom and I kind of wondered why the 5th grade son had a phone. There must be a reason but I didn't ask why
There's a thread on the education forum, about how one elementary school wanted to institute a rule about kids having to store their phones away during the school day: turn them in and get them back at the end of the day or something, because the phones were too disruptive to the learning process. And the parents nixed it, saying their kids need to have phones at all times for their safety. No further explanation given.
I'm not sure why a 7 year old would need a phone. I was talking to a mom yesterday who told me her 2nd grade son got in trouble at school for taking his 5th grade brothers phone. She's a very nice, down to earth, sweet mom and I kind of wondered why the 5th grade son had a phone. There must be a reason but I didn't ask why
Idk, the OP said the mom said she'd take "the phone" away. Maybe the phone is the mom's and she lets the kid play games on it or something. Can't imagine what else a seven-year-old would use a phone for; they're not really at that age yet where they want to be talking to their friends all the time.
Right I see no reason why a 7 year old would be out and need to make a call to be picked up. At this age they are typically dropped off somewhere at a certain time where they're supervised by an adult then picked up at a certain time. If there was a need to be picked up earlier adult should have moms info.
Ugh. I sometimes hate all this technology. My kids have iPads and they like them too much.
The first thing I wondered when I saw the initial post was what kind of relationship did the woman have with the daughter's father? Did the women's ex talk to her like that and does the child then think it's okay? Or is the woman uncomfortable with being a disciplinarian in front of the OP? The girl is 7 so the woman should probably go to some parenting classes to learn some effective discipline techniques. And the OP should break up with her, outlining carefully why he has a problem with the child's behaviour and the lack of discipline. Maybe the women already realizes she is doing not a great job disciplining and wants to do better. Who knows.
i'm dating a woman with a child and when her 7 year old came home. She rang the doorbell, and the mom spoke through the ring doorbell that the door was open so she can come in herself. Her child sat outside and told her that she wanted her mom to come answer the door. So her child sat on the steps for a couple minutes because she refused to open the door herself.
Eventually after about 10 minutes the child opened the door herself and came in and walked straight up to her mom and said "next time you're gonna answer the ****ing door." i was blownnnnn away that she spoke to her mom like that. Then her mom just told her she can't talk to her like that and made threats of taking the phone away for the day. Then her mom said "apologize" then her kid said (in obviously empty words) "i apologize."
she asked her "what would you like your punishment to be?" the child said "nothing", and then that was the end of it. Then, literally, five minutes later her mom offers her an ice cream cone, and let's her just watch tv while she sits on the couch eating it.
I am not the father and i don't have any kids, but am i wrong for thinking to myself...."uhhh how the hell do you let your kid talk to you like that?"
i mean, if that was my kid she would have gotten back handed before she ever finished that sentence.
I feel like the mother (my girlfriend) is rewarding that kind of behavior and she's going to grow into a monster when she gets older. And her child has absolutely no respect for her. She never punishes her. She never follows through on threats/punishments. I feel like this is also going to damage our relationship.
Can somebody please explain to me what is going on with my girlfriend and her daughter? I mean, i don't have kids so that's why i reached out on this forum. Because i dunno, maybe every 7 year old tells their parents "you better ****ing do this" nowadays?
Run for the hills!
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