Recently, I attended a family wedding and, being a grand-kid, was sat at the "grand-kids' table." I'm pretty much 100 years older than a lot of my little cousins...so what made me feel even older than I already did? The fact that I was annoyed when my teen and tween cousins texted throughout the ENTIRE wedding dinner. I know they have more exciting lives than me, but what could possibly be so important?
A writer on Yahoo Shine expressed a similar sentiment recently when she said she was shocked to see so many teens texting at the dinner table.
Do you think texting among kids is getting out of control? Do you have rules for where and when your kids can text?
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Yes, I definitely have rules. No texting during dinner and family time. Also, I think it's important to teach kids the responsibility that comes along with owning a cellular phone. I bought my 10 yr. old a Net-10 phone because
#1 it's prepaid ( I don't have to worry about crazy phone bill
#2 no contracts (if she misbehave, I can take it away without paying penalty
#3 teaching tool (budgeting)
My daughter has an allowance and can earn more minutes is she makes the honor roll. I'm proud to say she has gotten very good at managing her allowance and cell phone minutes.
Restriction should be there from parents side.If parent will be strict to them then only they will avoid using such a text devices.Kids are really kids!You have to control them on certain thing.
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I'm going through this right now! 17 yr old step-daughter texting 11 hours straight w/ boyfriend! yes!! She sees absolutely nothing wrong w/this. We don't seem to have a problem w/texting during dinner, but we don't always sit around the table - sometimes in front of the TV, but I don't see any texting. Not supposed to be texting during homework but does - she will soon be told to leave phone on counter for set period of time for homework, which she views as a problem and thinks she can do both. I asked what she would think if I walked past her room every 2 min and made a statement to her about my day would it get annoying. Well, the answer to that is obvious but she never did answer me. She understood the point, I'm sure. The other thing is texting w/the BF while spending time w/her friends. I believe it is rude and disrespectful to have a friend over and text your BF the entire time. She claimed she didn't so I pulled up the online acct and read every min of text to her. How can you possibly be giving the time w/your friend the attention it deserves when texting non stop w/someone else; after all, he wasn't invited over, the friend was. UGH. I feel like I'm sounding like a control freak when trying to explain to her this stuff is getting out of hand, but if she can't control herself, then someone needs to assist. Have I gone overboard.