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Dec 5, 2016
9:36:33pm

Big Daddy D All-American

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

How he and all of his friends will communicate. So if you want your kid to be completely clueless and lost go ahead and convince yourself he doesn't need it. I'd bet $500 your kid will have a phone when he is a teenager. Your wife won't tolerate your kid being out of the loop like that.

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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

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?

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

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

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:(

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!

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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