Comments on: Are the Cell Phones Hurting Our Teenagers Instead of Protecting Them?

By: benicha

benicha — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:02:38 +0000

Definitely pre-paid minutes. My girl learned this after borrowing her boyfriend’s phone and racking up $400.00!! Lost the bf. I’ll never sign a contract for any of my kids. They get $50.00/mth prepaid phone time – that’s it.
I do enjoy texting my son – sure is nice reading from my son when he’s working up North!!

By: condo-mom

condo-mom — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:18:14 +0000

I’m with Img — driving while calling or texting, yikes !! Hmm, gotta look into the pre-paid plan, as well as encourage Working around here. — Rachel

By: lmg1567

lmg1567 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:59:34 +0000

Well, no one will take this seriously for about 20 years when this phone-crazy generation will be plagued with a 2000% increase in brain tumors. By then, they’ll be saying that the current phones are safe, just not the first several generations of cell phones. I think the real threat is inexperienced teenage drivers talking or (god-forbid) texting while driving. I regret getting my 4th child a cell phone, she ran up a $600 bill last month – oops, didn’t know they charged by the minute for mobile-web which she didn’t have permission to subscribe to anyway. It took half the savings she’s been hoarding working at a roller-rink for the past 8 months – Lesson Learned – we hope. Even with this experience, her face is continuously aglow from the phone screen as she texts non-stop. She was bent over at the table one day during dinner (with the phone below the table-top) and I warned her that she had better be praying down there or someone’s phone would be finding a new home. I think the next six will get those pre-paid ones after they get jobs to buy their own minutes.