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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Rogers" data-source="post: 727020" data-attributes="member: 60724"><p>Todd Z asks: </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Our son would. The idea we were going with if we got pre-paid is that we would buy the phone and a alotment of initial minutes as a gift, then hand it over to him and from that point on it's his responsibility.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If he runs out of minutes...on him. If he needs to recharge it with minutes...he pays.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I know some parents will disagree with this, because some seem to think that one of the reason for giving a kid a phone is so that YOU can contact THEM. But I think that's not really the motivating factor for us. The reasons for the phone are so that he can contact us to arrange rides, and so forth. As of now we trust our son and don't really keep tabs on him. As a responsible, non-driving teen he is somewhat like a baby that doesn't crawl or walk yet...he is were we last left him all the time. He knows not to get rides with other kids, etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If he runs out of minutes and can't contact us then for the most part it only inconveniences him.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think we if we are talking infrequent use like I am hoping that a prepaid would be cheaper, overall.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>TJR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Rogers, post: 727020, member: 60724"] Todd Z asks: Our son would. The idea we were going with if we got pre-paid is that we would buy the phone and a alotment of initial minutes as a gift, then hand it over to him and from that point on it's his responsibility. If he runs out of minutes...on him. If he needs to recharge it with minutes...he pays. I know some parents will disagree with this, because some seem to think that one of the reason for giving a kid a phone is so that YOU can contact THEM. But I think that's not really the motivating factor for us. The reasons for the phone are so that he can contact us to arrange rides, and so forth. As of now we trust our son and don't really keep tabs on him. As a responsible, non-driving teen he is somewhat like a baby that doesn't crawl or walk yet...he is were we last left him all the time. He knows not to get rides with other kids, etc. If he runs out of minutes and can't contact us then for the most part it only inconveniences him. I think we if we are talking infrequent use like I am hoping that a prepaid would be cheaper, overall. TJR [/QUOTE]
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