Comments on: Another “I’ll never…” bites the dust

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:51:45 +0000

Yeah – I have not regretted getting the phone. It’s come in handy on more than one occasion. She is not allowed to take it to school, because I don’t even want to go there – but I give it to her pretty much everytime we leave the house to go anywhere else. I’ve already used it to call her to tell her I was running late to pick her up from her cello lesson. I’ve spent $20 on a lot worse stuff than this – definitely money well spent.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:24:54 +0000

I bought my daughter a cell phone a year ago January (more so because I wanted to be able to communicate with her while she was at her dad’s for visitation and also because she was doing travel soccer.) I started out with a Go Phone from AT&T and it turned out to be a total waste of money because I was spending more per month than I would have if I had just added her to my plan! I bought insurance on the phone for like $5 a month so if she does lose it or kill it at least I don’t have to pay full non-contract price for a new one. Well, over a year passes and she decided she wanted a phone that had a QWERTY keyboard on it. So, she saved her money and bought a Go Phone and we just moved the SIM over and it works great! Anyway, I have to say I’m really surprised at how well she’s kept track of it. Don’t get me wrong it has been misplaced but nothing calling it to locate couldn’t fix. AT&T also has a tracking feature which I think I’ll be utilizing later in her teen years to determine if she’s really where she says she is and also to help her find the phone if it’s lost. I make her plug it in the same place every night and ask her every time we get into the car if she has her phone. Anyway, you aren’t alone with the phone earlier than you’d planned and I have to say I am SO grateful for it and hope you are too!

By: Mariann

Mariann — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:02:12 +0000

I got a cell phone for my now-9-year old son about 14 months ago; he has a long bus ride to school (for an autism program) so it was important for him (and us) to stay in touch. It’s a basic phone, lumped in with our family account. We’re not too worried (yet) about text messages because he only has us to communicate with, but we’re ready to add on the unlimited plan when he gets older. So far, he’s been pretty good about keeping track of the phone save for a few occasions. He finds it amusing to ask people for their phone numbers, especially girls.