obie

I blame so much of this on the parents. Once again parents are giving their children way too much. I'm only 26. I was 16 years old 10 years ago, and back in those days we had those big Zach Morris cell phones. Cell phones were NOT permitted in high school. If a child had a cell phone that rang, it was immediately confiscated and returned at the end of the school year. hence nobody brought one to school, and in case of emergencies we used the pay phones.

I see no reason for a teenager or younger child to have posession of a cell phone. If parents give their child a cell phone, it should be one of those phones with only emergency numbers programmed into it so the child wont be tempted to call his/her friends on it. I seriously dont know how parents are able to afford 40-80/month payments on cell phones for their children. What if the child runs up a huge phone bill just chit chatting with all their friends? The last thing we need is young ppl spending more time on the phone and less time on homework, chores, etc.

Why are ppl giving kids cell phones????