Wilfull damage.

[Byron In Exile]

With respect, I've avoided criticising parenting of others but since you guys are on one..... may I remind you that mobile phones are neither necessary for young people nor hugely safe.

That's not really the issue, is it?

I mean, they probably won't do any major damage but they're certainly not good for people which is why some manuals advise limited use and why some studies have found increased radiation following long calls.

No doubt he wears a proper tin foil shield when using it.

 

[Saint Peter]

I would hurry up and get your kid some boxing lessons.

 

[Byron In Exile]

I would hurry up and get your kid some boxing lessons.

You think that sends the right message?

 

[torchthebitch]

A popular Irish solution.

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[lovetoread]

What teen, no matter the sex or age, would ever not have the phone in a pocket?

Not once has any of the hundreds of teens I know ever not had the phone on them, no matter if it is allowed or not.

The youngest damaged her droid. I have not replaced it and she had to live with it and its taught her a lesson.

If she had left it behind like this, as pissed as I would have been, it also is a lesson to not leave valuable things around where others can take them.

 

[warrior queen]

What teen, no matter the sex or age, would ever not have the phone in a pocket?

Not once has any of the hundreds of teens I know ever not had the phone on them, no matter if it is allowed or not.

The youngest damaged her droid. I have not replaced it and she had to live with it and its taught her a lesson.

If she had left it behind like this, as pissed as I would have been, it also is a lesson to not leave valuable things around where others can take them.

Your school allows kids to have their phones on them in class?
Here, all phones and mp3's must be put away in your bag during class. If not, and you get caught, it's a mandatory 2-day confiscation and a parent must come to retrieve it after that time.

 

[lovetoread]

Your school allows kids to have their phones on them in class?
Here, all phones and mp3's must be put away in your bag during class. If not, and you get caught, it's a mandatory 2-day confiscation and a parent must come to retrieve it after that time.

The only rule is that it must be off.

They have notices that the student is responsible for all personal effects, no matter what.

 

[Liar]

The only rule is that it must be off.

They have notices that the student is responsible for all personal effects, no matter what.

Sounds more reasonable.

If kids are responsible for their effects, they should definitely have the opportunity to do so.

If the rule is, the phone stays in the classroom... fine, if it then stays locked in the teacher's desk drawer. If not, screw that.

 

[Lord_Nibiru]

Are you even serious?

Comparing a pen to a mobile phone?

It's what juvenile delinquents do.

You know... nascent criminals?

In a discussions about how children are brought up, yes the difference between a mobile and a pen is entirely irrelevant.

As for your second point; I think it's extreme, if not absurd, as is your attempt at humour with the tin foil hats.

Kind regards

 

[Saint Peter]

You think that sends the right message?

The expensive phone damage is a big drag but there is a life lesson in all of it. People are garbage and the world is full of them. You can sit back and have you lunch money taken, and in many cases that may be the best and only option.

Or you can keep a .45 under your pillow and give the home intruder something to think about.

 

[MonaLittle]

 

[Lord_Nibiru]

The expensive phone damage is a big drag but there is a life lesson in all of it. People are garbage and the world is full of them. You can sit back and have you lunch money taken, and in many cases that may be the best and only option.

Or you can keep a .45 under your pillow and give the home intruder something to think about.

Or.... you can put some real time and care into working out why there are so many people this way, and make a better society for everyone....

 

[Saint Peter]

 

[Saint Peter]

Or.... you can put some real time and care into working out why there are so many people this way, and make a better society for everyone....

Alright.


Give me your phone.

 

[Lord_Nibiru]

Alright.


Give me your phone.

Not quite what I had in mind, but ok. Although I did drop it in the toilet and then washed it. Amazingly it still works, but you can't see the screen...

 

[Kitty_Schrödinger]

As teens, my friends and I got up to all sorts of mischief..... but we never damaged anyones property.
It was like a code - peoples personal property was completely off-limits.
These days kids don't have that same code.

Yeah, same here.
Absolutely- but one isn't born with this code, you learn it from your parents, elders and society.
This is exactly why I believe we can't- well, I can't- put up with behaviour like this. It is exactly what happens because other people do it- kids think they can get away with small things and seeing they succeed they go bigger and badder.

 

[Kitty_Schrödinger]

When did they ever have respect for each-others personal property?

Not that I condone kids damaging property (and certainly not the teacher/school's attitude which seems entirely unreasonable). But kids are kids and we all did it when we were young; it's just that nowadays parents spend more on items.

Police for a mobile phone and what is basically child's play, really?

I always did, I still have and so do my children. Because I was taught the values and rules to obey and so I do teach my kids the same.
You can't say that kids are just kids and expect it to be an explanation'reasoning nor excuse for their behaviour.
As I said, one starts small and goes onto bigger stuff.

 

[Squibbs]

Nobody gives a fuck about your retarded kid's phone.

Maybe teach the little bastard to grow some fucking balls instead of having his mommy coming to his rescue.

I feel sorry for your children.

 

[ksmybuttons]

Around here we call those kids bullies. No tolerance. They would have been suspended a long time ago with the shirt ripping.

As far as cell phone technology goes, the son's school tried to keep it out of the classroom which lasted a year, then, they realized the excellent tool they are and allowed the kids to embrace it with the teacher's permission. Not only that but it really engages the kids. The son reads his books on an iPad, has all his music scores stored (organized for the first time!) and they do assignments by turning them in by e-mail if they choose. Saves paper, saves the teachers time.

Technology is their future so why not let them embrace it at an early age if they choose?

I bought a ticket to an event on-line, stored it on my phone and presented it at the box office - no paper, quick and clean. Now when they perfect graphene as a battery the technology will just continue to get better and easier.

 

[Beco]

I feel your pain, this kind of stuff happens, but you have to tell your Kidlet, to take that phone with him anywhere he goes, even to the bathroom. My phone never leaves my sight. This kind of stuff happens, guard that phone with his life.....

 

[koalabear]

Kids have absolutely no business having cell phones in school.

 

[KyleW]

We're suppose to believe you? Pass

 

[Beco]

Kids have absolutely no business having cell phones in school.

that's the obvious point.

 

[koalabear]

that's the obvious point.

Yet it isn't.

 

[Beco]

Yet it isn't.

Parents today are like, but, but, what if my kid has an emergency or needs a ride or something??.....I mean, what ever did we do without cell phones??? How did we make it through those tough times???