Alyssa Asks Me About My Teens And Their Phones
June 29, 2009 by Amy
Alyssa Avant
Today I continue my Cross Blog Conversation with Alyssa Avant. See Alyssa’s response to my last question on her blog. In this installment of our conversation, Alyssa asks me this:
“Amy, I know you have older children. Do they all have cell phones? How do they play into your communication with your children?”
I had three children, Alyssa and they are 11, 19, and 24. They all have cell phones actually. My oldest is on his own plan. My younger son is on a family plan with me and my daughter, the ‘Tween, has a prepay phone.
Our cell phones are very important to our communication. My older son and I text back and forth all the time and call each other at least once a day. My middle child, the 19 yo, and I communicate solely on the cell phone since he moved out of state with his father. My daughter uses her phone if she goes to a friend’s house to spend the night or when she is outside playing.It is only to call me or her brothers. She knows she is not to be texting or calling her friends and after two months of having a phone, she hasn’t broken that rule.
Some people don’t see the need for ‘Tweens to have a phone, but it has come in very handy more than once. Calling her on her cell is much easier than hollering down the street for her if I need her. She uses maybe 20 minutes a month and it costs me very little.
Alyssa, my question this time for you is this: How do you feel about the laws regarding talking and texting on the phone while driving? Most of us are guilty of talking on the phone while driving sometimes. Do you use a headset and talk while you drive or not talk at all?
You can see Alyssa’s response to this question on her blog.
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