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Cell Phone Guidelines for Children and Teens

7/29/2011

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     In this day and age, cell phones can be a blessing.  When I'm driving out of town, I appreciate being able to communicate with my family in case there is an emergency, car troubles, or just to say, "I love you." 

     Cell phones weren't always an everyday part of our lives.  I think I was the last person amongst all of my friends and relatives to finally buy a cell phone!  My husband had use of a work cell phone provided by his company, but he kept almost all calls to a minimum except for work-related calls.  For me, we bought a TracFone that only costs $6 - $7 per month, right within our budget!

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     Our girls have asked us when they will have a cell phone of their own.  We've told them that we'll help with that when they are 16 and driving around on their own.  Of course, until then, they'll borrow my phone from time to time, when it is appropriate, but since I try to stretch out 800 minutes over a full year's time (I know, don't gasp!), they know that they can't use it to just chat with their friends.  It's only in case they need to reach me to ask a question.

But they won't have complete freedom with their phones.


     Every single family will have their own cell phone rules and responsibilities.  Here are ours.  We believe that some important ground rules will need to be set.  For example, the last thing we want to see is our girls with a group of friends, and instead of everyone visiting and enjoying each other's company, they are all on their own phones, texting and browsing.  They may think this is fun, but we aren't going to encourage this at all. This discourages "live" communication, and when I walk around and see a group of teens and adults just staring at their phone screens, instead of building relationships with each other, that discourages me.  How sad. 

     When I graduated from high school in the 1980s, people would tell my parents that they enjoyed being around us because we children (teens at that point) would actually talk with them when they asked us a question.  Since my sister and I were pretty shy back then, I'd say that a lot of this had to do with us sitting together at the dinner table each night, even through the high school years, and talking together as a family.  We didn't always want  to be sitting there as long as we did, but it was very good for our communication and listening skills!

     Here are some other ground rules we'll set for our daughters' cell phone usage:

1. Elmer and I will be keeping track of their phone calls and texts.  If they end up having something other than a TracFone, we'll make note of who they are calling
, and if we don't recognize any phone numbers, we'll find out who they are from.  Yes, this means that we'll need to go through the cell phone bill each month, but this is important, and it provides our children with a sense of accountability.  We'll also have them make a Friends List of regular phone numbers so that we can more easily recognize who their close friends are.

2. Our children's cell phones will be checked in to us at night, before they go to bed.  There's no reason they would need a cell phone at night while they are supposed to be sleeping!  If there is a true emergency, their friends can always call us on our home phone.  This helps eliminate temptations to stay up or be woken up at all hours of the night.  I know lots of adults who complain about receiving texts and calls during the night, and how their sleep is disrupted.  Well, that's a simple one to fix:  turn them off! (Unless required to have it on due to work commitments and responsibilities.)

3.  Disable the internet or pay to have the content filtered.  While it is the hottest rage right now to have unlimited internet access on a smart phone or iPad Touch, it is also providing a huge temptation to access pornography and other immoral uses of the internet, without any controls in place.  Obviously, when our children are adults and on their own, they will need to manage this temptation themselves, but even for my hubby and I, we pay each month to have our own computers kept free and clear of pornography and inappropriate content.  We don't want to see it, either.  We don't want to be tempted.  If I ever own a smart phone, I, too, will pay extra money each month to have the content filtered.

4.  If our family rules about cell phone use are broken, we will quietly take the cell phone away for a period of time.  We've monitored and encouraged our children to have a heart for obedience and love toward Christ since they were babies, so why would this stop now?  They're not 18 yet!

5.  We will limit the amount of texting allowed on their phones, or pay for a service that will allow us to access their text messages from our own phones, if that is an option in a few years' time when we'll be providing them with a cell phone.  I know, everyone and their dog will think that we are very strange to allow them to have only limited texting or "non-private" texting, but we feel the same way if it was excessive use of our home telephone or them doing anything that would take up a majority of their day. To many teens and young adults, as well as some adults I know, texting has become a "god."  If they don't have their phone for a day, they feel lost and useless.  I think this is sad!

6.  While in a conversation with another person or an adult, we will encourage our children to not interrupt the conversation by answering a phone call or text. It is impolite to set aside one conversation with a person and allow ourselves to be interrupted by a phone call.  We are able to see at a glance who made the call or sent the message, but we can always return the call later.  We have the same rule when we have company in our home.  If adult friends and family are visiting, we generally don't interrupt our visit to answer the phone.  I let my answering machine pick up the call and take a message.  That's its purpose! 

     Now, what about emergencies?  Well, our family members know that if we don't answer the phone right away, and it is  an emergency, they should call back immediately a second time.  There have been a couple of times when I've realized it was  an emergency, and I needed to take the call, even when we've had company at our home.  But this has been rare.

7.  We will teach our daughters not to say their phone number, their name, or other personal information aloud in public places or crowded settings.  Anyone could remember their name and phone number and use that information in a negative way.

8.  Don't text or use your cell phone while walking, especially while crossing a street or walking at night.  When my girls were younger, they often wanted to continue reading "just one more page" while walking from the car to the grocery store, or when out and about and leaving the car or the library with their book.  I wouldn't let them read while walking.  It's really important to be able to take note of your surroundings and be aware of what is going on around you at all times.  Reading a book, texting, or talking on a cell phone while walking around town leaves a person distracted and unable to provide full attention to his or her surroundings.  This is especially important for girls and women to remember.

9.  They should only share their cell phone numbers with people whom they know and trust, and they should never respond to text messages from an unknown or unrecognizable number.  There are methods to block suspicious or unknown calls on cell phones, and for good reason.


Other helpful tips:

1.  Pre-program all key contact numbers for parents or other responsible adults into a teen’s cell phone, both for home and work.

2.  Make sure to program an ICE (”in case of emergency”) number with appropriate contact information, so that police and other emergency personnel know who to call if the child needs help. This means you list a number so it appears as ICE on the alphabetical contacts list.

3.  Make sure they know they can use 911 for emergencies from cell phones as well.

4. One can also use the preprogrammed keys #2-9 [#1 usually is preset to dial voicemail] using #2 for 911, #3 for home, etc.

5.  Remind them not to use their phone at school.


6.  Teach teens how to block suspicious or unwanted numbers from their cell phones.


Helpful tools to protect yourself and your children:

TextGuard
This is an application you install on your child's cell phone. Once the program is running, you can log into the Web site and watch all incoming and outgoing calls, text messages, e-mails and Web browsing history. You can select a certain phone number and block any activity to that number as well, so if you suspect suspicious communication, you can make sure your child cannot text, e-mail or call that person.


My Mobile Watchdog
This is also an application that you install on a cell phone. On its Website, It gives you a listing of all activity on a given phone. It also alerts you if calls or messages come in from a specific number. For instance, if you see a suspicious or unauthorized person calling, texting, or e-mailing your child, that call is routed through the My Mobile Watchdog Data Center. Notifications are then sent to all persons you have established from your Web application, such as parents, teachers, police, etc. From your Web application or mobile phone application, you can see all suspicious activity, along with full content, including images. You can also print out reports to pass on to law enforcement or school officials.


iWonder Surf
This computer application lets you control and monitor the websites your child is visiting. You can not only see where they go, but when, how often, and what they are seeing. You can log on to obtain a log of their activity. Every time they go to a website, it records it and instantly sends traffic reports to you.


Location-Based types of Programs
All of these programs use a combination of GPS (Global Positioning System) and cell tower triangulation to pinpoint your exact location. If you install Whirrl or other similar apps, you can see where your friends and family are on a map from your mobile phone. The participating parties all have to agree to this, but if they do, you can see where they are, when they were there and perhaps a photo or status update that they posted. It is fairly accurate in areas where cell phone coverage is good, but not always.

Here is a Glossary of Text Messaging Shorthand words that you will want to know - not just your typical, everyday text abbreviations, but especially those a teen or young adult would use to be involved in illicit activity or to warn the other caller that a parent is nearby or paying attention to the text message.


What kinds of family cell phone rules have you set for your own family? 

Which apps have been the most helpful for you to monitor teen cell phone use?

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7 Comments
Angie Wright link
7/30/2011 03:27:51 am

Our family has 3 cell phones, and no land line. We started this a few years ago in our other town, and with our moves, it has been handy. We started with 2 lines - one for hubby, one for me. Hubby carries his around, but seldom to never places a phone call. I carry mine around, it has become my new watch and camera, I use about 200 minutes a month or less. We decided to add a line to our plan, inexpensive per month, so a phone could stay at home, or if the boys were at the park together, it would go with them. It is "The Boys' Phone". Not a personal possession. Our phones stay in the same spot in the house, on one "phone table", just like a normal instrument would be placed, with paper & pencil, and the chargers. If someone calls, we stop activity, get up to answer the phone, then return to activity. I don't answer during our day, I like to hear voice messages in the evening when I have time to engage. We text quite a bit, mostly to each other "ready to be picked up" "please bring home milk" type messages. We do not allow "texting" talk. So far - we have not needed to monitor phone calls or texting frequently, as our phones are pretty silent. We purposely purchased non app/non internet phones. We're home all the time with computers and the boys have iPods. Why the phone too?
I suppose, my driving goal - has been to treat the phone, in the same respect that we treated the dail phone at home. So far - it has worked great - it can just be portable at times. ;) I have - however - seen Horrid, Sad, Abuse of phone privilages from my nieces and friends. I know how far wrong these tools can be used.

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Tracy
7/30/2011 03:53:02 am

Good guidelines! We do have unlimited texting for all of our cell phones with our family plan. Darrin & I communicate with each other (and colleages) by text. While Taylor (our youngest) does do a lot of texting, she doesn't abuse it or have her nose buried in her phone 24/7. When our older daughter, Briana, was on the east coast with a school trip she sent me texts throughout the day sharing her adventure with me! It was so nice to feel included in what she was doing. A quick text wasn't disruptive to those around her like a phone call would be, and I could read it at my leisure if I was busy at work when she sent it.

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Julieanne
7/30/2011 03:57:03 am

Tracy and Angie, it sounds like your families have selected excellent ways to manage cell phone use in your homes. I love to see that - it's so responsible of parents to do that!

Julieanne

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Tracy
7/30/2011 03:58:57 am

The girls handled their simple phones well enough that they got smart phones this year when we upgraded. Ouch to the budget, but our older daughter will be paying her own in a few years. Data is limited, and we get email alerts when someone gets close to the data limit (mom & dad included).

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Lori Mayberry
7/30/2011 04:15:59 am

Great guidlines, tips and information, Julieanne! I learned some things and will most likely use some of it now and in the future (if we ever go the smart phone route, etc.)
Hannah's not a big texter, but I plan to go over these guidelines before or in case issues arise.
Thank you!!!
Lori

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Tamara
8/1/2011 04:30:57 am

LOL, another trac phone user here! And I don't have trouble stretching my 800 minutes... I hardly ever use them and they carry over to the next year. We bought a second trac phone for the girls. It's very helpful when I am dropping them off at the library or an activity. They only use it for calling us or emergencies.

Tamara

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Arriana Jane Calderon link
8/10/2012 03:52:13 pm

I love these guidelines. My kids are getting to cell phone age. I definitely will have to try some of these.

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