Cell Phone for SS16
so my ss16 has broken his phone 3 times...luckily we have insurance on it so it only costs $50 instead of $200...but the $50 really pisses me off because that is gas money...he will call and tell us it is broken and expect us to jump and get him another...and he is 40 minutes away...we have the family locator on our phones and his condition of having a cell phone was that he was not allowed to turn off the gps....so guess what he turned off the GPS and will not call his father back. I am so tired of this crap...we have it on his phone because he is never where he is susposed to be when we are to pick him up. I really just want to turn it off but DH is worried that we will never talk to him again since his mother never pays her phone bill. What to do?
I'd turn if off and get him a
I'd turn if off and get him a kid phone with only one button that can call you, and gps locater that can't be turned off. Tell him when he can manage to keep that one functioning, and starts being where he's actually supposed to be, then you'll consider getting a better one.
There's no reason why you should be expecting to keep throwing money out the window because he can't manage to be responsible.
It's only $50.00 but how many
It's only $50.00 but how many times has been "only" $50.? There was a time when a kid would have done with out or got a job. But we know those days are LONG gone!
I don't know why you don't
I don't know why you don't just do away with the phone and ground him from going anywhere until he works off the cost of a new phone. That's babyshit.
yep....you are all right and
yep....you are all right and guess what the phone is being turned off as we speak....he can get a job and pay for his own....so tired of paying for the things that always get broken and it is not his fault...there is no responsibility any more...phone is gone.
I would turn it off as soon
I would turn it off as soon as the contract is up and never get him another one. Both of my girls have cells and the first thing we told them is "you break it, lose it, damage it, etc...that's it." Sure, accidents happen and that would be taken into consideration, but I don't shuck out good money for a kid to treat it like trash. I am actually amazed at SD, because she's had the same phone for almost a year and it's still in one peice!!! She is learning to take care of things a little better, so this is a good thing. I don't know that I will ever be comfortable getting SS a cell because he can't keep up with anything. I think he has lost 3 cell phones that AM has gotten him. The whole bill is in my name, so I get to make the final call on who gets one and who does not. Luckily, DH sees that SS can't be trusted with one and agrees that we will not be doing that any time soon....