Yup. Gotta have access to texting. Now, do they need a smartphone and a data

Dec 5, 2016
8:33:58pm

Bert609 All-American

Plan? That's your call.

I prefer the flip phone with an iTouch approach. A bit easier to control and keeps them humble.

The kids with the current iPhone/android seem to be mainly stereotypical millennials IMO. And I'm not a fan of that attitude.

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Author

Time

Bullies suck!

Tokolosh

12/5/16 7:54pm

Tell your son to slash his bike tires.

thebruce

12/5/16 7:56pm

How old? Talk to the parents. Beyond that, tell your kid that some people are

srey

12/5/16 7:57pm

Call the kid back or talk to his parents. Tonight.

BigD Coug

12/5/16 7:58pm

Wife sent the boy a text saying...

Tokolosh

12/5/16 8:03pm

Don't let your kid wear ute gear

Sandy Lyle

12/5/16 7:58pm

Photoshop girls underwear on the boys picture and post them all over the school

WDaddy

12/5/16 7:59pm

foof, I'm going to need to call in a favor.

Tokolosh

12/5/16 8:01pm

This would be great

Sandy Lyle

12/5/16 8:08pm

Guessing girl v girl? Do boys send I hate you texts?

Grit for Brains

12/5/16 8:00pm

Boys

Tokolosh

12/5/16 8:02pm

Are people really giving their kids phones these days in high school?

brazilcoug

12/5/16 8:03pm

Of course not. They are in fifth grade. High schoolers with cells? Crazy talk!

Tokolosh

12/5/16 8:07pm

Oh good. You had me all nervous there.

brazilcoug

12/5/16 8:08pm

Umm, even if you think it's wrong, how are you even asking this? Do you know any

fattycoug

12/5/16 8:08pm

Just because everyone has one doesn't make it right.

brazilcoug

12/5/16 8:11pm

You asked if people really gave phones to kids in HS. The answer is: ABSOLUTELY

fattycoug

12/5/16 8:25pm

Just because that's your opinion, it doesn't mean you're right

jdub

12/5/16 8:38pm

Proliferation of cell phones at this age increased as schools and providers

BYUFam1

12/6/16 6:56am

RE: Proliferation of cell phones at this age increased as schools and providers

WDaddy

12/6/16 7:21am

Lol....let us know how that goes. Your kids will despise you and hate you

kansascougar

12/5/16 8:09pm

I'm not on this earth to be my kids' friend. I'm here to be their parent.

brazilcoug

12/5/16 8:12pm

lol when you have teenagers... just wait

kotacoug

12/5/16 8:19pm

No kidding....sounds like you have this parenting thing figured out.

kansascougar

12/5/16 8:49pm

But only for like an hour and a half per night, right?

srey

12/5/16 9:09pm

Then they might need a cell phone so you can get a hold of them and to track

Texas Hammer

12/5/16 10:26pm

Heaven forbid junior hates you. Best get him a smart phone.

Bert609

12/5/16 8:13pm

What would we do without all your life experience on CB?

WDaddy

12/5/16 8:12pm

Great point. You're all graced with my presence.

brazilcoug

12/5/16 8:14pm

Or your arrogance.

kansascougar

12/5/16 8:53pm

Haha...yeah, it'd be terrible for parents to have a way to communicate with their kids. I guess the kid could just

RichieRich

12/5/16 8:16pm

Again, somehow I survived high school without a cell phone. Not sure how.

brazilcoug

12/5/16 8:19pm

Yeah but you turned out weird so you might want to try something different

WDaddy

12/5/16 8:20pm

I dare you to come to my place of work and tell me that to my face.

brazilcoug

12/5/16 8:23pm

Does it have to be at work or could it be somewhere else? Like the playground?

fattycoug

12/5/16 8:32pm

How about at recess?

brazilcoug

12/5/16 8:33pm

My money is on fatty

jdub

12/5/16 9:27pm

Lol this thread has me in stitches

thebruce

12/5/16 10:57pm

Where do you work?

thebruce

12/5/16 11:04pm

I'm sorry that you can't see the difference between the 90's and now.

RichieRich

12/5/16 8:20pm

Tell me why a cell phone is necessary. I survived high school without one.

brazilcoug

12/5/16 8:21pm

Do you have any association with teen agers?

kotacoug

12/5/16 8:24pm

It's the best way for parents to communicate with kids. That, and, why shouldn't they have one?

RichieRich

12/5/16 8:24pm

Well, there's plenty of reasons not to have them but their usefulness probably

fattycoug

12/5/16 8:27pm

No kidding. The church fully embraces social media

kotacoug

12/5/16 8:28pm

Yeah, but look how you turned out.

macaroni

12/5/16 8:28pm

And my parents went through school without using the internet. Why would anyone need it now?

YIsForBrigham

12/5/16 10:03pm

I can one-up that. I was went a full week on nothing but beef jerky and Fresca

thebruce

12/5/16 11:01pm

Assignments, clubs, activities, YM,YW, EFY... all use cells to announce and

BYUtka

12/5/16 11:17pm

You may be making the right decision for your family but...

Tokolosh

12/5/16 8:21pm

So rather than a better way, you'd rather stay with a worse option? Did you have a car in high school? If so, why? Many

macaroni

12/5/16 8:27pm

His parents probably didn't allow him to use the land line phone

kotacoug

12/5/16 8:29pm

Good luck w that

Big Daddy D

12/5/16 8:23pm

Try to find a pay phone some time. It isn't like when we were in high school. I

gwalker

12/5/16 8:24pm

BUT HE SURVIVED WITHOUT ONE AND EVERYTHING IS THE SAME AS IT WAS IN 1995

RichieRich

12/5/16 8:25pm

I'm still waiting for a logical answer to the question of why a teenager NEEDS

brazilcoug

12/5/16 8:27pm

Everything is planned in group texts. Your poor kids will be hanging out with

WDaddy

12/5/16 8:28pm

Yup. Gotta have access to texting. Now, do they need a smartphone and a data

Bert609

12/5/16 8:33pm

Several people have told you that it's so they can communicate with their kids

fattycoug

12/5/16 8:29pm

On a serious note, it's a very sad reality and world we live in.

brazilcoug

12/5/16 8:32pm

Another naive response

WDaddy

12/5/16 8:36pm

I'm a millennial and I make and take phone calls all day. Most millennials I

crazY

12/5/16 8:37pm

I agree it has a negative impact. Air conditioning has a negative impact on

gwalker

12/5/16 8:52pm

What isbcommunication? And why does it exist? The answers are why texting is goo

CarolinaCoug

12/5/16 8:57pm

Do you need a car? You can probably use a combination of biking, walking and

gwalker

12/5/16 8:31pm

havent blocked anyone b4. Please never post again so I can continue my streak.

Sandy Lyle

12/5/16 8:32pm

Feel free to block me. But know that I'm a sensitive soul and that it will

brazilcoug

12/5/16 8:35pm

I've posted why they're useful multiple times in this thread. You're either too cheap and/or stubborn to accept how

RichieRich

12/5/16 8:37pm

Yep. Who needs motorized vehicles as well. My great grandpa grew up without one,

cougaman

12/5/16 8:39pm

It is how his coaches will communicate, how his YM leaders will communicate, and

Big Daddy D

12/5/16 9:36pm

It's how the world is now. Kids need a cell phone so they can function. They will be seriously handicapped without one

YIsForBrigham

12/5/16 10:05pm

You seem to be ignoring everyone who has clearly explained.

BYUtka

12/5/16 11:18pm

Uhhh high school? Try iphones in elementary

BYUfan92

12/5/16 8:24pm

Even more ridiculous.

brazilcoug

12/5/16 8:37pm

Agreed for elementary kids, even 7th and 8th graders..

BYUfan92

12/5/16 8:54pm

Your poor child

whoneedscorners?

12/5/16 8:25pm

Seriously. No phone and a Gonzaga fan. He's bound for therapy:(

blackandblue

12/5/16 8:31pm

If you don't have a house phone, what's the problem?

macaroni

12/5/16 8:25pm

Everything for Church and school is done via text. You have to have one starting

BYUtka

12/5/16 8:38pm

Yeesh. If they're having kids in high school, I'd have to guess that their kids are way too young to use cell phones.

foofcoug

12/5/16 9:05pm

Did you have a TV in high school? Computer in the home? HOW COULD YOUR PARENTS DO THAT!?

cougfanblue

12/5/16 9:56pm

Nothing more annoying than unsolicited parenting opinions. I have had five

cougarim

12/5/16 10:02pm

My 8th child just became a deacon this Fall so I've gone through teen years

BYUFam1

12/6/16 7:25am

I have no problem with a high schooler having a cell phone.

jensen46

12/6/16 7:11am

How did I miss this? Awesome!

LaVellIfIKnow

12/6/16 9:24pm

Tell him to stop wearing the BYU shirts and you'll stop sending him texts.

cougaman

12/5/16 8:16pm

It's worse because in the day we went home and the bully was gone

Bert609

12/5/16 8:19pm

first get this app on your child's phone

LEHI cougar

12/5/16 8:17pm

Dumb phone. No apps.

Tokolosh

12/5/16 8:19pm

best of luck

LEHI cougar

12/5/16 8:21pm

How's the bully's parents? A dad shows me proof my kids been bullying and

Bert609

12/5/16 8:22pm

Don't know. But if this continues I will meet them.

Tokolosh

12/5/16 8:27pm

honestly, if it were my child bullying and I'm betting you're the same, I'd want

LEHI cougar

12/5/16 8:34pm

Did you ask your son who it is and to be honest with you on why the kid hates

JAGA97

12/5/16 8:23pm

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ArcticKat

12/5/16 8:23pm

Dufuss

sfeuz

12/5/16 8:27pm

Show him the dumb stuff people on CB have directed toward you. Show him

ag4cougs

12/5/16 8:26pm

He's not the one I'm fighting with on Twitter, is he?

Ragnar Danneskjold

12/5/16 8:42pm

Do all that you can do. I just read this story

Baron

12/5/16 9:06pm

Max Hall hates him too

straightouttarenton

12/5/16 9:33pm

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