Family on the Phone

Were you aware July is National Cell Phone Courtesy Month? I wasn’t either. I think they’ll make a National “something” for everything, however, I think this one is much needed. I posted a while back about my pet peeves. Some of this post will be repeating some of that information but I believe it bears [...]

Today I am finishing up my Cross Blog Conversation with Alyssa Avant. You can read my most recent question to her and her response here. For her last question Alyssa asks me this: What is your opinion on cell phones versus landlines? Do you have a landline at home or only cell phones? We recently [...]

I can’t believe my internship with Family on the Phone is almost over. It’s been a fun ride for me. It has stretched and challenged my writing skills. From the time I was little, I have loved the telephone. In fact, communication in all forms is as passion for me. I’m extremely social so my [...]

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 [...]

It’s time for Family on the Phone’s Sunday Link Love! I found just a couple cell phone blog posts this week and I want to share them with you here. Maverick at Man About Town wrote an informative and interested post about a brand new feature soon to be available from Google. It’s called Google [...]

Surely you’ve seen reports of cell phone injuries, cancer, and other maladies from cell phone use. What do you think about it all? Well, here is my response to all the hoopla. Cell Phone Elbow~Caused by holding the phone up to your ear from extended periods of time. This causes a tightness at the elbow. [...]

A new study by Commonsense Media shows that 1/3 of all students with a cell phone has cheated at least once with their phone. They do this by texting, going online and by storing information on their phone. Amazingly 52% of  teens admitted to some form of cheating using the internet. A whopping 1 in [...]

I am in love. It’s true. I am a Team Mobile customer and I was browsing their website today when I found my next phone. Meet the latest Android-based mobile phone from T-Mobile. It is the My Touch 3G. It makes my eyes a little moist to describe it to you. The features of this [...]

Today I am continuing my Cross Blog Conversation with Alyssa Avant. To be part of the fun, please check out her part of our conversation. Alyssa’s question to me is: “What kind of cell phone do you have? Are you a ‘Smart Phone’ gal or something different? Tell us all about your phone.” Well Alyssa, [...]

First, let me take a moment to wish all the fathers a wonderful Father’s Day! Have a great day dad! Now, how about some Link Love for this week in June. I found a few good ones for you. Hope you enjoy! The Scaglia Family Blog had a cute little post about two boys and [...]