Tigger&Belle
<font color=blue>I'm the good girl on the DIS<br><
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My kids are not allowed to have TVs in their rooms until they are college age. Doesn't matter what their friends have and I am not mad at other people for different rules--we make our own rules, they make their rules.
They also may not have a computer with internet connection until then. My 15yo does have my old laptop, but the wireless card is out. He can bring it downstairs and hook into the internet or use a study computer. He uses the computer for his music and homework and we weren't using the computer otherwise, so we don't mind him using it, but again, no internet on it.
We did get our boys cell phones, tied to ours (family plan). Our middle children are 12 and 15 (we also have a DD who is 18 and a 6yo son). Our DD is also on our cell plan. It was cheaper to do this than to buy then the pay as you go plans since it's only $10/month for each of them. They had to buy their own phones.
We do live in an affluent area and will always be faced with people who have more, just as my kids have friends who do not have as much as them. Just a way of life.
My kids don't lack TVs in their rooms or computers because we can't afford it, but because it's a decision we've made. We have plenty of TVs in the house and they can use one of those TVs. The cell phones allow us to easily keep in contact with them. We were at an amusement park yesterday and they were off with friends and it allowed us to stay in close contact with them.
They also may not have a computer with internet connection until then. My 15yo does have my old laptop, but the wireless card is out. He can bring it downstairs and hook into the internet or use a study computer. He uses the computer for his music and homework and we weren't using the computer otherwise, so we don't mind him using it, but again, no internet on it.
We did get our boys cell phones, tied to ours (family plan). Our middle children are 12 and 15 (we also have a DD who is 18 and a 6yo son). Our DD is also on our cell plan. It was cheaper to do this than to buy then the pay as you go plans since it's only $10/month for each of them. They had to buy their own phones.
We do live in an affluent area and will always be faced with people who have more, just as my kids have friends who do not have as much as them. Just a way of life.
My kids don't lack TVs in their rooms or computers because we can't afford it, but because it's a decision we've made. We have plenty of TVs in the house and they can use one of those TVs. The cell phones allow us to easily keep in contact with them. We were at an amusement park yesterday and they were off with friends and it allowed us to stay in close contact with them.