Family Cell Phone Survey Reveals Lots of Rules For Teens

Recently, we did a family cell phone survey. One question we asked was regarding rules you had laid down for your kids and their cell phones. Do any of these rules sound like rules you have in your own home?

Some rules were related to safety.

• No driving and texting
• No answering calls or texts or calls from unknown numbers.

A few rules were about school or church.

• Phones taken away if grades drop or school work not completed
• No using the phone on the bus or at school except for emergencies
• No taking the phone to church

Many parents are teaching their children responsibility with rules regarding their cell phones. This includes using the cell phone after a certain time in the evening.

• If parents call, they must answer
• They have responsibility to monitor minute usage; if they go over, they pay the difference
• Limited downloads; only with prior permission
• No obscene texting, phone calls or pics
• If grounded, cell phone is the first thing to go
• Parents can examine phone and/or records at a moment’s notice
• No going to bed with cell phone in the bedroom-phone stays on charger downstairs or in parents room
• No cell phone after X time at night
• No texting or phone calls during dinner
• Time limits on phone calls-no marathon calls
• No letting friends borrow the phone

Thank you for your participation in our survey. Look for more resulting blogs from the survey coming up.

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