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Phone for a Kid
Asked by R.P. from Phoenix
on December 5, 2011
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My son has been wanting a phone forever but because of his age and responsibility level I have always said no. Now with a work schedule change and the possibility of ...
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- You can get a basic prepaid phone for $15 bucks or so & choose a plan accordingly.
- My son is 11 and when my husband was mobilized the last time, I bought him a cell phone. We tried the pre-paid minutes but spent more than the $10. a month to add him...
- How about a 'pay-as-you-go' phone? My husband and I both use these and it's about $30 for 3 months-worth of service per phone. Granted, we make very few calls on them...
Getting Rid of Home Phone?
Asked by M.L. from Washington DC
on August 1, 2011
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I'm considering getting rid of our home phone and I'm trying to think of an down falls to this. I've called our alarm company and they don't require it. Our family m...
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- We cut the cord over two years ago and I never regretted it. I have a cheap pay-as-you-go cell phone that I use as a landline replacement when we are out and the babys...
- We don't have one. The only downfall is if we have a babysitter that doesn't have a cell phone and my husband and I are going in opposite directions. We are thinking a...
- I didn't want to call and inform all the dr's, etc, who had our land line, so I opted for incoming calls only (and per call charges for calling out), just like in the ...
Jff-phone Use
Asked by K.W. from Bismarck
on November 25, 2011
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I'm just curious...How many "Personal" phone calls do you receive in an average week? You know the ones, "just called you up to chat" sort of calls? Be they on your ...
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- My mom and i talk a couple times a week. But I'm a big texter. I send as many as 2000 texted a month to my husband, sister, and friends :-)
- I call my mom twice a week and we talk for an hour or two each time. My best friend lives in another state so we phone eachother 3-4 times per week, for 15 minutes to...
- My sister and I text all day long usually. My husband and I talk a good bit during the day also. Other than that, not so much!I sound like a bunch of fun huh? ??
Kids Cell Phone - AT&T
Asked by A.R. from Dallas
on February 22, 2012
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I think I'm finally going to have to break down and get a phone for my kids to share. This soccer season looks like we're going to have a lot of dropping off and carpo...
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- When my son was finally old enough and mature enough to have a phone, I put him under my plan on AT&T with serious restrictions. I have unlimited text messaging which ...
- I can't recommend a specific phone but I do have an iphone and my kids play games on it (they are 4 and 5). I have an OtterBox and it s pretty indestructible. I think ...
- Straight talk at walmart. $45 a month, unlimited EVERYTHING and no contract. Decent phones, touch screeen, full keyboard. This is what our kids have.
Cell Phone Battle with 14 Y/o How Should I Handle?
Asked by K.Y. from New York
on September 18, 2012
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I have a 14 year old son. He was grounded for getting into a physical altercation at school. Part of grounding is no phone so I took away his cell phone. While grounde...
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- You need to find a new tool to use as punishment. This one clearly isn't working. There will always be somene willing to let him use their phone, and you can't confi...
- You can't ground him from other people's stuff!! Good lord! You are just setting yourself up for failure with that one. You need to come up with a punishment you ca...
- Obviously this is not an item that grounding him from is working. It's like telling him he can't look at a book while he's grounded. It's everywhere we look. Even a st...
Do You Use Sprint or Credo Mobile for Your Cell Phone Carrier?
Asked by ☼.S. from Los Angeles
on January 20, 2012
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Morning moms and TGIF!
I'm interested in your user reviews of Sprint or Credo Mobile if you use them for your cell phone carrier. How do you find their coverage, p...
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- I have Sprint and have never had a problem with them. I get a discount through my employer so my bill for a family plan with 2 lines and unlimited everything is $125 a...
- I have Sprint. I don't know if they are the worst, but they must be close. As far as we are concerned they have the worst drop call rate around. The coverage is abysma...
- Go to www.sprint.com and you can see plans, what unlimited means and includes, etc. I have internet, e-mail, facebook, etc., etc. on mine. It's unlimited.
What's on Your Phone Homescreen?
Asked by F.M. from San Antonio
on November 1, 2012
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So I have my son's picture on my lockscreen AND on my homescreen (ya know, the wallpaper/background of my phone). I think that most people put something that's near a...
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- My kids are always changing mine, I think my home screen is my dd's dog with a Halloween hat, and the lock screen is a picture of the puppy when it was first born mont...
- Mine is my oldest two boys looking so cute in a pumpkin patch :) My hubby's is the generic one I think, but sometimes it is one of the boys or this one of our wedding...
- Now - my kids in their costumes Hubby has no background, but if he did, it'd probably be a Green Bay Packers logo, or a picture of Brett Favre.
I Washed My Cell Phone :( Help!
Asked by A.J. from Portland
on December 3, 2010
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Please tell me someone reading this washed a droid phone and were able to fix it. Ugh! I put it in a sealed bag merged in rice because my memory is convinced this wo...
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- I'm pretty sure the key is to not turn it on until it is dry. This may involve taking it apart (as much as possible) and using a blow dryer set to a cool setting. It...
- My cell phone, generation before the Droid, stopped working. It would turn on but not stay on. I took it to the store and they said that it looked like it had gotten...
- I have abused my cell phones repeatedly and have found that the folks at the store can always tell when water damage is involved! Dropped one in the toilet... "watere...
Wet Cell Phone
Asked by V.M. from Cleveland
on April 21, 2012
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hubby had phone in pocket of swimtrunks, took kids to the pool, jumped in and didn't realize he HAD the phone in hi pocket for over an hour. Is there any hope??...
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- My iPhone responded to rice in a bag, it was working 24 hours later, I dropped it in the toilet. While it was out I was able to purchase the insurance since I had the ...
- Well.....yes there is. Remove battrey...tupperware bowl full of uncooked rice....submerge phone and battrey in rice....cover bowl tightly with lid and burp top....if ...
- Probably too late.. if it does start working again, it will probably die out soon. This happened to one of daughter's IPhone's and a Razor phone. With the razor...
12 Yr Old and Cell Phone
Asked by L.M. from Phoenix
on February 23, 2009
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I am a foster mother to a 12 yr old girl and she is having a fit to have a cell phone. She says all of her friends have cell phones and she wants one also. I wanted to...
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- I have a 12 year old son and I tell him NO - he doesn't need a phone of his own. He doesn't need the distraction and I don't need the expense. The land line at home is...
- I would only get a cell phone for a 12 year old if she was willing to follow some strict rules about its use. There is more and more information (even in the pro "buy...
- You've gotten a lot of great advice - the best I think is not to be afraid to tell her no. So I won't duplicate what's already been said. The only additional advice ...
