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**News from MaryJanesFarm:  Cell phone use at the age of 7 (seven)  |
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mommom
True Blue Farmgirl
854 Posts
Susan
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
USA
854 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 08 2007 : 12:33:15 PM
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| Last night at work I saw this little girl talking on a cell phone. I went up to her and asked her how old she was. She said she was seven. I asked her if it was her phone. Again, she said yes. I then asked her who she was talking to, and she informed me that it was her boyfriend. I asked her how old he was and she said ten. I was truly flabergasted! Her own phone at the ripe old age of seven AND a ten year old boyfriend on the other end? And folks say kids are growing up too fast. Ever wonder why? What do you think? Am I just old fashioned? |
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ThymeForEweFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
705 Posts
Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
Maine
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Mar 08 2007 : 3:53:26 PM
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Gosh...I can't imagine. I am stunned by the 6th graders all having cell phones. (not mine!) but 7...jeesh!!!! If you are old fashioned then so am I. And proud of it.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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laluna
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
New York
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Mar 08 2007 : 5:00:53 PM
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| Interesting topic, and one that makes me crazy as well. I teach in a middle school, where many of my students have not only cell phones but iPods as well (and not the little nano that I do, but the multi-gig, video ones!). I personally don't see the need for it, but then it's clearly a generational thing (not that that makes it alright, mind you). But seven? That's just crazy! |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Mar 08 2007 : 6:59:46 PM
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My daughter works at a day care center and she has a three year-old in her class who everyday says he wants a cell phone. Three!! I hope his mother doesn't give in. I cannot imagine any reason for a child that young (the seven year-old) to have a phone. Good night! Kids are not kids anymore- they are just small adults. It's so sad.
Karin |
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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2007 : 10:34:19 AM
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A few years ago a heard a speaker on Focus on the Family, comparing todays kids with kids of the 1950s. They said that when it comes to loss of purity and innocence, kids are growing up faster than they ever have, but when it comes to hardwork and responsibility, they are way behind. It is so sad to think of children not knowing how to work hard and be responsible and yet they know things most of us wish we didn't know. My kids think they are "odd" because at 11, 13 and 15 they do not have a cell phone. Just what is so important at those ages that they need a cell phone for?!
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2007 : 10:37:32 AM
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I just can't understand giving children cell phones. Parents use the excuse that they need to be in contact with them at all times, or if they're late for dinner, they can call them. If we weren't home when we were supposed to be, there were consequences.
Not to mention the cost!! Some families have each member with a cell phone + a land line and are paying an outrageous amount of money for their service. A waste, if you ask me.
I guess you can put me on the "old fashioned" list too.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
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_Rebecca_
True Blue Farmgirl
568 Posts
Rebecca
OK
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2007 : 10:46:25 AM
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I think cell phones are just going to replace home phones. I grew up without a microwave until I was twelve and we never had a dishwasher, cable tv or a vcr. When I was 7 I would have been thrilled just to have had a cordless home phone, let alone a cell phone. : )
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Lizabeth
True Blue Farmgirl
560 Posts
Washington
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Posted - Mar 13 2007 : 10:53:24 AM
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| I was given a cell phone at 16 as my mother thought it would be good for me to have "for emergencies". In retrospect, I actually wish she had not given me one as I got myself into a lot of trouble with it. Now 27 and with a young son I certainly will not be giving him a phone.. |
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Mar 13 2007 : 11:03:57 AM
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I guess I'm among the "old fashioned" party too...although something in the back of my head tells me it might be more common sense than old-fashioned. A cell phone at 7?? Not in this house unless there were extenuating (ie. medical) circumstances.
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2007 : 11:31:09 AM
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to have a cell phone at 7 yrs.old to me is just stupid! Why would a 7 y/old child need one? Where is or was the mom? I wouldn't let my daughter have one until high school, I don't even have one BUT I don't want one!!
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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mommom
True Blue Farmgirl
854 Posts
Susan
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
USA
854 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2007 : 11:44:06 AM
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| She told me her mom was somewhere in the store. That statement right there is scarey in itself. I just found it very disturbing that she didn't know where her mom was in the store and that she was talking to a ten year old. But, my grown children also thought it was strange. I'm glad I'm not the only one and I appreciate your clearing that up in my mind. Susan |
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