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

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