Parents who beat their children

But you see she's famous so her behavior must be what is right. At least that's how a kid will see it.
Personally I think we're being left with a challenge of not being allowed to do our jobs. Strange because it seems to be a theme that is recurring in any line of work that stands for establishing security and order.
 
wolfen said:
ever take a 14 year olds phone away? My oldest said he'd rather be beat with a belt than not be able to talk to Ashley on weekends :)
Click to expand...

I had an incredibly strong will. If I had one thing taken away, I'd use something else. So that wouldn't work on me. ;)
 
wolfen said:
ever take a 14 year olds phone away? My oldest said he'd rather be beat with a belt than not be able to talk to Ashley on weekends :)
Click to expand...
I must me odd, but I would wonder why a 14 year old should have a phone to talk to others. Maybe for emergency use, but other than that a child of that age has no legitimate need for a phone.
 
Insomniac said:
they do now...
growing up fast man, growing up fast.
Click to expand...
There is no doubt, they do have them, and they do want them, but the question is, "Do they need them"?

I'm damned if I can see why. I feel that it is just parents pandering to spoilt kids. We see examples every day of things like kids texting their friends in the same room or building, and 99 times out of 100 their parents are paying the bill. No wonder kids grow up with no idea of life in the real world.
 
Last edited:
I think it has a lot to do with the convenience factor.
Parents find it easier to find their kids for pickup if they have a cell phone. In Korea there are cell phones for kids who have a GPS tracker in them so the parents can know exactly where they are (or at least the phone).
Personally, I'd like to see a cell phone for kids where the parents can program a pre-set series of phone numbers that the child can dial or text message. Obviously locked out by a password. The child will have no issues recieving phone calls or sending phone calls to their parents or to the school or any other person or address the parents feel appropriate.
When calling in from a phone number not listed, the dialer should be required to enter a password combination, just incase it is the parent who is calling but from a different phone and with no access to any of the phone numbers listed in their child's phone.
Hell... maybe I should get cracking.
Then again I know nothing about programming stuff...
 
A lot of kids keep their whole social life in those little devices these days... MySpace, texting, all their friends' numbers. I guess I'm an old fashioned 19-year-old because I hate that whole concept, I talk to people face to face or with a phone call. It's harder to lie with your voice than keystrokes.
 
Hell I suck at the telephone.
People always asked me while in the Marines as to why I actually show up at the offices instead of just calling. I guess I prefer to see who I'm talking to.
 
senojekips said:
I must me odd, but I would wonder why a 14 year old should have a phone to talk to others. Maybe for emergency use, but other than that a child of that age has no legitimate need for a phone.
Click to expand...


He has a phone for 2 reasons, 1 so he can talk to his friends when they are out somewhere else and he is at the other end of the neighborhood, 2 it has gps, so I know within a foot of where he is at all times :)

Oh btw ther phone has NO internet, all it does is make and recieve calls ( I'm old not stupid )
 
The GPS is a great idea and I support it 100%, I would buy a phone for a kid for that feature alone, but really,... I don't see the need for kids to be constantly in touch with one another. If I wanted to talk or socialise with my peers, I went and saw them, or they came around to our house, that way my parents could see, and got to know who I was hanging out with. Other than that it could wait until we saw one another, kids are kids and there is nothing much in their lives that can't wait for a day or two.

Hell,... I'm 61 and I have never had the need for a moblile phone, nor have I been seriously disadvantaged by never having one. If I were given one tomorrow i would never turn it on except in emegencies, and I can't ever remember the time when I have needed one in the past. My son in law has one provided by his employer and it is a condition that he must be within reach at all times, but he would gladly toss it in the nearest dumpster if he could.

Really,... I think too many kids get their "wants" confused with their "needs".
 
Yea we used to go see our friends too, but we live at one end of the school zone and all their friends live at the other LOL Thats a 20 minute drive, walking, neither of them would ever make it LMAO
 
I had friends who lived many miles out in the bush too, in that case you just waited until you got to school. Or if necessary you could ring them from home.

Remember, we are talking "kids" here, there are no matters of life and death involved. Kids today seem to think that without a phone, they are being subjected to a cruel and unusual punishment or they are at least highly "disadvantaged".

The truth being that mobile phones have really just become a trendy fashion accessory,... something for kids to play with and impress your friends.

I could certainly afford one, but there's no way that I need one. In fact the main reason that I don't have one is that I value my privacy, it's often very convenient to know that I can go about my business without my phone ringing every five minutes. I haven't lost any multi million dollar business deals yet.

How many times do you find yourself talking to someone, when their mobile phone phone rings, immediately you are on hold while they talk top someone who often is merely too lazy to come and speak to them face to face. We see examples every day of things such as office workers ringing the person in the next cubicle and kids texting friends almost within talking distance.

I'm afraid I feel that in the majority of cases Mobile phones are no more than a much abused, highly over rated fashion accessory, and certainly not needed by kids.
 
Do children need mobile phones, well I for one don't think so. Do I have one, well yes I do and it is a pay as you go phone and it sits in my car in case it breaks down or some thing serious happens that might require the emergency services.
Most of the time it's parents that want their children to have mobile phones, as you can actually track a child through their phone on the INTERNET.
I think that the telephone companies must be laughing their heads off at the amount of money they are raking in of mobile telephones. Have ever stood behind a person and listened to the rubbish that they are saying.
 
senojekips said:
How many times do you find yourself talking to someone, when their mobile phone phone rings, immediately you are on hold while they talk top someone who often is merely too lazy to come and speak to them face to face.
Click to expand...

That happened to me in college the other day. I was getting a bollocking for being late off my tutor, and some guy rings him up and suddenly i'm on hold for my tutor to talk to this guy. Jesus, i could have punched him if he wasn't apparently ex-marine.
 
I've often found the cell phone is more of a convenience factor for others than for myself per se though the newer cell phones have a lot of features that do make life easier for me. They have a built in dictionary (have to work through 2 languages...), a subway map of lines of all the cities in this country etc. Also if you go to a foreign country, the roaming, though expensive, really helps in getting your group together after an inevitable split up at some point (physical, not emotional).
It's one of those things that if you never have it, you won't need it, but once you have it, you'll know how useful it can be. Plus you can turn it off if you don't want to be disturbed.
 
Absolutely... Dad actually has a government-provided BlackBerry (copyright John McCain, hehehehe) because it's so useful to him. You can connect to the internet, send and receive e-mail, keep a date book, call people, make voice/written reminders to yourself... It really is his life. When his data plan was turned off (he's retired :) ) he didn't know what to do with himself, because his BlackBerry had everything on it.
 
question: how would you punish a 1 yesr old for taking everything off of your desk and keep on doing it while you sit there and fight her?

(my) answer: because she wants attention, i pick her up and love on her.

now, is that spoiling her?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top