Cell phone

I got me a new phone finally. I got me another Android phone of course. I have a close friend who I got into a long discussion on cell phones. It is amazing how far we have come in the technology age.  Has any noticed how you do not see public pay phones like we use to? I can remember seeing pay phones just on a corner with no convenient store around or gas station.  Now you do not see them at that many places period.  This shows haw cell phones have changed the way we communicate. We have kids in grade school with cell phones. Has it gotten that privileged?  Cell phone is a privilege, not a necessity. We have made cell phones what they are. I will say I do not agree with young kids having cell phones. It gives us as parents more issues to handle with our kids. My kid is 18 and still has no cell phone.  This is not my only reason for not getting him a cell phone; it is a way for me to not have to worry about text messages being sent and what is said in them. This is just one of my few reasons.

Text messaging is what our youth is using as mainstream way of communication. This is where a lot of pictures and foul language are being exchanged. I chose not to deal with this issue by not getting him a cell phone. How do we communicate you ask? We do it the old fashioned way where he goes to the office to call me from school and from home so I can always know he home like he suppose to be. If I am wrong, I am wrong. He can get a job and pay for his own phone and learn responsibility by paying his own bill. One less argument I have to have by paying his cell phone bill for him while he has a good ole time having me spend my money for another bill he is creating for me. To avoid the issues, I chose to not be a part of the issues.

Some parents think by giving their kid a cell phone is how they can keep up with them. A cell phone can be anywhere our kids are not suppose to be and they just tell us to ease our minds they where we told them to be. How many parents are catching their kids in a lie? How many parents end up spending more money and tracking services to track their kids where about? This is what I mean by saying giving a kid a cell phone will cost me more money. I refuse to spend more than I have to. I want to teach my kid responsibility in a different way and not with a cell phone. Just my personal opinion and not aimed at anyone at all.

I just wanted to say I got me a new cell phone finally. I have to get it set up like I want. Load me some pictures on there of my family. See what applications I want to use on there. This is what I will be doing this weekend I guess. I hope everyone has a great weekend!!