I want to kill my daughter

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: mcmilljb
Rub her nose in it and say "bad girl!"

LMAO

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: CrazyLazy
I think the real issue here is that she has time to send 130 text messages a day.

I agree... I'd take the phone away, get her a pre-paid with zero texting. If she's sending that many texts per day there are doubtlessly things NOT getting done, things like exercise, housework, reading for pleasure and general knowledge, actual real time contacts with people.

She needs a cell phone to contact her parents and to call police in case of emergency...period.

 

[CptCrunch]

thats about average for my sister (19, and no pics you pervs) but one month I saw the bill and she sent/received 13k in one month. i couldn't believe it. Thank god for the unlimited plan or that would have cost SHITON of monies. I do about 1k each month in/out

 

[2Xtreme21]

What's so hard about picking up the damn phone and calling someone? You can't do it during school? Oh wait...

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: nerp
Nothing more than the air you breathe. Remember, when you smell someone's fart, you're really eating fecal matter.

Bull shit, farts are composed primarily of CO2, that's hardly fecal matter. :roll:

 

[Howard]

I don't understand why you're paying for your children's cell phones.

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: ric1287

Originally posted by: TehMac
Well, she can't plead complete ignorance. It's a pretty stupid and brain wasting thing to do.


OP: Is your daughter more social: is she attractive or obese?

hahahah, I don't see what that has to do with anything. You realize you're texting another person right? You are not just talking to a computer or something.

I am fully aware that I am engaging in a conversation with another human being, and in this case, we are discussing his daughter's issues with cell phones.

That and while not completely different I'm not just saying "OMFG HOW ARE UUUU???" twenty times over.


That and I don't spend too much time on ATOT...I spend my whole life on ATOT, that's having a life.

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: TehMac

Originally posted by: nerp
Nothing more than the air you breathe. Remember, when you smell someone's fart, you're really eating fecal matter.

Bull shit, farts are composed primarily of CO2, that's hardly fecal matter. :roll:

Even I knew to laugh rather than take him seriously.

 

[Chaotic42]

I'm late to the party here, but if she's old enough, make her get a job. If she's not, make her volunteer. This is the problem with the three month summer vacation in schools and why I think it needs to be year round.

 

[BlackTigers]

Originally posted by: TehMac
Well, she can't plead complete ignorance. It's a pretty stupid and brain wasting thing to do.


OP: Is your daughter more social: is she attractive or obese?

I'm sure she has no friends, and is just texting herself 4000 times a month.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: ColdFusion718

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I got a text message today with my Verizon bill----it was $396.80. WTcapitalF???!!!!!! That's like $220 more than normal!!!!!

Turns out my daughter is on a 1500/month text message plan, and all Verizon network texts are umlimited. Well, she sent out 4000 (FOUR + 3 ZEROS) text messages last month- over half of which were off network. That breaks down to ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY OUTGOING TEXTS PER DAY!!!!!!! How can you possibly do that????? Well, she found a way.

No matter what I do to her, I'm still stuck with a $400 Verizon bill. Looks like I'm working for Verizon this week :| Anyone in the same boat?

Fritzo, first off, I'd like to make note that you often give great parenting advice and that this is in no way an attack on your parenting skills.

Back when we were in school, we all got along fine without cellphones or pagers. Except I got one in my senior year because my mom was in the hospital a lot (cancer).

I just don't think kids should have cellphones. It's a major distraction. If she's managing to send 130 out per day, I'm pretty sure she is doing it while in class.

As others have said, it's time to take the phone away. She's clearly not using it for its original intent, which is to communicate with you and your wife to coordinate rides/events and whatnot.

You bring up an interesting argument, for years though kids have had access to distractions, these days its only gotten worse.

Here's the issue, self regulation. Kids these days have none of it, especially since often the consequences are felt later rather than immediately.

The solution isn't to take away the item because they can't handle it, imagine what you would do if you had a daughter, who was being attacked, or was lost, and she couldn't call you because you took her cell phone away.

The key is to teach kids how to manage to use these items responsibly, for my parents they chose to take the TV away for 10 years. Because someone can't manage something, doesn't mean you should take it away completely.

Um, it's summer vacation, and she doesn't take her phone to school.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Howard
I don't understand why you're paying for your children's cell phones.

It's child---my daughter has one, and a 12 year old doesn't have much income.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

I find it interesting that some seem to believe children should spend all their time doing "productive" things, and that spending two hours texting is some sort of capital sin. While I do not encourage abusive behavior, and am all for doing beneficial, lasting, and productive things, I don't see anything wrong with children having time to absolutely waste doing whatever the crap they want. They should be prevented from wasting time engaging in harmful activities, but having time to waste is one of the benefits of being a child. Of course, what is considered harmful and what is not is up for parents to decide, but the idea that "wasting time=bad" for a child is not something I can fully agree with.

 

[pstylesss]

Originally posted by: grrl

Originally posted by: ZeroIQ

To defend your daughter a little... it's really easy to send 4k text messages.

Maybe if you have no life.

Our post counts are more a reflection of us having no life. The only saving grace for most of us is that we nef during boring work hours.

Sending 4k text messages is more of an indicator of having a life and being popular.

 

[HardcoreRomantic]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Lessons learned...pay the extra $5/month for unlimited texting. Its been established for a long time that children do not stay within their cell phone boundaries. Go with a plan with an unbreakable limit, or go with unlimited.

I pay the $5 for Verizon texts, and it's only about 150 texts outside the network. $10 for 250. I think unlimited might depend on how many phones are on the plan.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Hmm. I got a cell phone at 16 with my driver's license, to be used when away from home to call the 'rents, and if I stayed responsible to use for my own entertainment/social life/WAP pr0n. The deal was I'd get a free phone, and provided that my parents didn't have to move up to a more expensive plan, I'd pay nothing. I did this generation's equivalent of mowing lawns and modded XBOXes for a month (you'd be surprised how much attention/customers putting a flyer up about that gets) and had enough money to pay for a nicer phone. Being the smart motherfucker that I am, I only actually talked to friends on the same network (AT&T Wireless at the time). Now it's at&t, I get to talk to all the previously Cingular dudes for free. As far as texting, 130 a day? WTF! I had a 200/month text messaging plan, and while at a conference with my parents earlier this year, racked up the most I'd ever managed in one month, 199. I'd been texting them a bit while either of us were attending a lecture or something that would keep you from being able to actually talk on the phone. My dad bumped it up to 1500/month any message. I've yet to use more than 500 in a single month, and that's a month with A LOT of texts. I also rarely use more than 200 minutes a month. Now I'm out of the house and in college. The second the contract expires I'm getting on my own cheap-ass plan.

My sister, who got her phone at 15, and is ridiculously irresponsible all around, has gone over 1500 texts more than a few times, and ALWAYS uses the most minutes. The one month we went over on minutes, we checked the bill to see usage per line (me, my mom and dad, my sis) and we were all within the usual 200-300 minutes (1200 minute plan) and she was at fucking 600 or something. She now volunteers at a hospital three days a week

Thanks for reading that blog entry about my life.

Cliffs:
Teenagers can actually (gasp) be responsible.
There should be a law passed banning the "IDK MY BFF JILL" generation from using any cell phone, Sidekick, etc.

 

[ZOOYUKA]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: Howard
I don't understand why you're paying for your children's cell phones.

It's child---my daughter has one, and a 12 year old doesn't have much income.

A 12 yr old with her own cell phone? There's your problem.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

I wasn't spoiled like that so I can't comment. I paid for my own cell phone bill when I was 16.

 

[Steve]

I love how so many ATOTers are a repository of parental advice

 

[gsethi]

~4000+ text messages a month is kind of normal for kids nowadays. I have kids working for me where they easily send ~250-300 messages per day back and forth.

I just cannot comprehend on what they text ? I hardly ever use text messages at all...so far, I have probably sent/received ~10-20 text messages in my ~10 years of cell phone usage (and I am in mid 20s) just saying that the other person is texting the wrong person..lol

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: Steve

Originally posted by: TehMac

Originally posted by: nerp
Nothing more than the air you breathe. Remember, when you smell someone's fart, you're really eating fecal matter.

Bull shit, farts are composed primarily of CO2, that's hardly fecal matter. :roll:

Even I knew to laugh rather than take him seriously.

I think that's the whole joke.

 

[KLin]

I do all my texting from my gmail account.

 

[RU482]

just read the op...

you bring home $400 a week and you are paying for your kids cell bill?
for shame

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: gsethi
~4000+ text messages a month is kind of normal for kids nowadays. I have kids working for me where they easily send ~250-300 messages per day back and forth.

I just cannot comprehend on what they text ? I hardly ever use text messages at all...so far, I have probably sent/received ~10-20 text messages in my ~10 years of cell phone usage (and I am in mid 20s) just saying that the other person is texting the wrong person..lol

My 12 year old sister uses texting like IM. She claims its better than talking on the phone because you can carry on multiple conversations while doing other stuff. She doesn't like that IM traps you at the computer, texting lets you go wherever.

I don't get it, but in college I've seen girls walking around texting like its their only purpose in life.

 

[summit]

call verizon, negotiate. i had a bill similar to that and got it down by about half. the 25 cent per text is redic.