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Is 9 1/2 too young for a phone for basic calls and texts?

3,620 2,238 March 17, 2014 at 11:21 AM in Question (3)
Was thinking about giving my daughter a phone. We have no house phone, only cell phones. Was thinking about getting her one so if she is at the rink and done early, she could call me to come get her or something like that. Or call her friends around the block rather than using my phone?

Wondering what is an appropriate age. She is not overly mature, not immature either.
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uniquename
03-17-2014 at 01:22 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:22 PM.
Quote from PiratePenguin :
Once in a blue moon. Like hey mom mom soccer practice will be over early...

with that said, this kid would have no friends around who they could borrow a phone to call for that time? seems like a pretty big wasted expense for such use.

And you needed a whole pocket full of quarters? Come clean about it, momma's boy.

And why should the other parents have to supply phones so OP's kid doesn't need one? Roll
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emelvee
03-17-2014 at 01:23 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:23 PM.
Quote from cav :
quite a cliffhanger you had going there!
Sorry I didn't reply...was reading some Garfield comics. OD is my favorite character.

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And you needed a whole pocket full of quarters? Come clean about it, momma's boy.
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03-17-2014 at 01:25 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:25 PM.
PAY AS YOU GO PHONE WITH 75 mintues on it and 100 texts. She doesnt need it for anything besides emergencies or to get picked up.
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03-17-2014 at 01:26 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:26 PM.
Quote from uniquename :
And you needed a whole pocket full of quarters? Come clean about it, momma's boy.

And why should the other parents have to supply phones so OP's kid doesn't need one? Roll
Quarters bought me other things, like snacks from the vending machine Smilie But it was more like moooom i need more money for the pay phone....
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03-17-2014 at 01:26 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:26 PM.
Quote from PiratePenguin :
Once in a blue moon. Like hey mom mom soccer practice will be over early...

with that said, this kid would have no friends around who they could borrow a phone to call for that time? seems like a pretty big wasted expense for such use.
$110 for a year? Not that big of an expense.
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03-17-2014 at 01:26 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:26 PM.
Quote from PiratePenguin :
Quarters bought me other things, like snacks from the vending machine Smilie But it was more like moooom i need more money for the pay phone....

I knew it! Roll
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03-17-2014 at 01:27 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:27 PM.
Quote from Frogstar :
$110 for a year? Not that big of an expense.
Until they start realizing they can talk to sally all night long and now you have a much more expensive plan, or a kid getting constantly punished and their phone getting taken away - oh wait isn't that where they are right now?
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03-17-2014 at 01:29 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:29 PM.
Quote from PiratePenguin :
Until they start realizing they can talk to sally all night long and now you have a much more expensive plan, or a kid getting constantly punished and their phone getting taken away - oh wait isn't that where they are right now?

Sally is a bitch.
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03-17-2014 at 01:29 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:29 PM.
Quote from PiratePenguin :
Until they start realizing they can talk to sally all night long and now you have a much more expensive plan, or a kid getting constantly punished and their phone getting taken away - oh wait isn't that where they are right now?
I am speaking with the voice of experience here... how many kids do you have?
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03-17-2014 at 01:30 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:30 PM.
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I am speaking with the voice of experience here... how many kids do you have?

Including himself?
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03-17-2014 at 01:30 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:30 PM.
When I was that age you didn't need to call home for a ride--you walked. Uphill. Both ways.

And you didn't need to call to say you would be home late. You knew when you had to be home and you got there on time. No excuses.

When parents needed to call their kids they just went out on the front porch and screamed their name a few times. You could tell by the tone if you were in real trouble and had to get home immediately or if you just needed to check in as soon as possible.
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03-17-2014 at 01:30 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:30 PM.
Quote from Frogstar :
I am speaking with the voice of experience here... how many kids do you have?
None.
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03-17-2014 at 01:30 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:30 PM.
Quote from uniquename :
Sally is a bitch.
Nuh-uh, Jessica only said that because Sally wouldn't let her borrow her flat-iron, but that's because when Jessica borrowed Amanda's curling iron she got gum on it but she said she didn't and that the gum was already there so it really wasn't her fault and and and...
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03-17-2014 at 01:32 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:32 PM.
Quote from frogstar :
nuh-uh, jessica only said that because sally wouldn't let her borrow her flat-iron, but that's because when jessica borrowed amanda's curling iron she got gum on it but she said she didn't and that the gum was already there so it really wasn't her fault and and and...

it's not amanda's curling iron!!!!!! It's mine!

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How come others can use all caps and I can't? I blame serra.
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03-17-2014 at 01:33 PM.
03-17-2014 at 01:33 PM.
Quote from Iaaaiws :
When I was that age you didn't need to call home for a ride--you walked. Uphill. Both ways.

And you didn't need to call to say you would be home late. You knew when you had to be home and you got there on time. No excuses.

When parents needed to call their kids they just went out on the front porch and screamed their name a few times. You could tell by the tone if you were in real trouble and had to get home immediately or if you just needed to check in as soon as possible.
My mom rang a hand bell when it was time to come home for dinner.
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