tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-475433301832883854.post1550061279318992423..comments2023-10-21T05:29:27.740-07:00Comments on Carpe Diem Acreage: Why Our Kids Don't Have Cell PhonesCarpe Diemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763985033840702781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-475433301832883854.post-37202613361270613942011-04-21T07:54:48.875-07:002011-04-21T07:54:48.875-07:00Thanks for your comment White Mtn.
Like I said ear...Thanks for your comment White Mtn.<br />Like I said earlier it is good to hear different points of view - especially from younger people. Daughter could possibly afford her own phone, but the plans in Canada are still rather expensive compared to the US. In fact I think Canada has the highest rates in the world for cell phones.Carpe Diemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763985033840702781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-475433301832883854.post-25810184160344975852011-04-21T07:44:49.061-07:002011-04-21T07:44:49.061-07:00I'm 24. I started having a cell phone at 16 t...I'm 24. I started having a cell phone at 16 to call home to pick me up after cross country practice, which never had a regular ending time. I bought my phone and paid all of the bills. I never used it for texting or calling friends, that's what the house phone was for! I ended up getting a larger plan and better phone when I went to college, mostly to call home and call old friends. I still don't use my cell phone much. I use the internet a lot more. My family got AOL dial-up when I was in high school so that I could actually get my homework done. Now that I have high speed internet, I use that most of the time for keeping in touch with friends, looking up information, and scheduling appointments. <br />When I have kids, they will have to pay for a cell phone, if they want one!FarmGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940788838823321605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-475433301832883854.post-19359307044546996332011-04-17T21:52:05.088-07:002011-04-17T21:52:05.088-07:00Hi Rueby! Thanks for the comment. It's good ...Hi Rueby! Thanks for the comment. It's good to hear a younger person' point of view (and not a teenagers!) I think Husband and I are still in the "there weren't cell phones around when we were kids and we're still alive" attitude.Carpe Diemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763985033840702781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-475433301832883854.post-20446069657465373552011-04-17T21:06:56.774-07:002011-04-17T21:06:56.774-07:00Good on you! My deal will be, eventually, that the...Good on you! My deal will be, eventually, that they can have a phone whenever they can pay for it entirely themselves. That was how I was raised; discmans were the huge thing in 6th grade but my parents would not buy me one. I was allowed it, but had to babysit for it and I was encouraged to buy the best quality one as it was a lasting investment. And it was, I didn't have to replace it for 5 years and only then because I dropped it one too many times!<br /><br />Phones weren't around for the masses quite yet when I was a teenager (I'm only 25!) and I didn't want one until I came home from living in Europe at 18. I think I got one when I was 19. I had one up until a year and a half ago...then decided I didn't need it and went with a landline (and 3 rotary phones. I don't have any buttons!) Now that I'm back in University though, I decided it was far easier to meet people and have a LIFE with a cell phone...so I have a $20 plan which is 99% for texting. And depending on the people I am seeing the most, that ebbs and flows. The guy I'm seeing doesn't use his phone at all, yet oddly we only ever text or meet in person...a phone call would be good now and then!Ceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16516722290571447273noreply@blogger.com