How cool!!! I answered with they pay their own bill;)

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Phone is an earned priviledge around here. If they do their chores and keep up grades then the phone is earned ( with minute restrictions), if not the priviledge is gone!

Kids assume that we - the parents - owe them everything. WRONG. Everything in this house is earned. The cell phone is one tool used to get positive results from negative behaviors .

Thanks for hosting this giveaway!

My children are teens so my answer was that I showed them how to check their monthly minute usage and switched to T-Mobile hot spot at home to help conserve minutes.

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How cool… I did my answer. I will have to check this out. You cannot beat 10.00 a month. What a deal!

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What a great giveaway! I’m not a member of T-Mobile, and the home give away is only for customers… but I did give my phone tip

I wrote that she has to ask permission to use the phone and doesn’t have her own phone yet.

she won’t be getting a cell phone from me…if she wants one, she can pay for it herself.

she isn’t allowed to answer the phone unless she knows the person on the caller id…otherwise seeing as she can’t be trusted to take a decent message, leave it to the machine!

What I need to do is teach her how to use my cell phone in case she needs to call from it (emergency or if I want her to call DH for me.)

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I said that they always had to have permission,always to be polite and never give out personal info. Now I’m just waiting to move into that new home.

Hi Kailani! I’ve been out of the loop for a while, but glad that I came by today to sign up for the T-Mobile goodies!!

Thanks!

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This is a cool widget, I said first off with my supervision, secondly the phone is a privilege not a toy, and third with an alloted time frame!

I didn’t even get to use the phone until I was 17.. so kids these days tend to have much more freedom.. it seems.

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I entered the contest and left an answer to there contest. T-Mobile is giving away lots of neat stuff. Good luck everyone!!

This page has to have a glitch… http://www.t-mobile.com/Shop/Packages/Default.aspx

check it out - $9.99 per month, plus $999,999,99 phone price??? lol

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Supervision during “practice runs” and role-playing. I would love a “Crate and Barrel” GC!

My kids learned to write down messages an that we pay the bills an our phone calls take first priority over any other calls,an to be polite while on the phone

Children practice what they see an hear,if you show courtesy on your phone most likley your children will too!!

i entered…we limit phone usage, no internet or texting on the phones, no giving personal information to anyone they/we don’t know, and they have to clear who they give their phone #s to. we have a lot of phone rules, but you were limited to 140 characters! LOL

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I have a baby boy so I have not had to handle this situation yet, but I believe kids should have set hours to use a phone and watch tv.

Thanks for hosting this contest!

Crate and Barrel is fun

What a super contest. We would LOVE a home! I’m so impressed that they joined with you too. I’d love to know how to start getting sponsors for contests like you do. I’m VERY impressed. I know this one doesn’t earn extra entries, but I’m blogging about this one too. I’ve got it scheduled to post Saturday.

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What great prizes. I like to teach by example.

I would instruct them on proper useage, monitor them for a while and remind them.

i liked the idea that they pay their own bill! I thin every kid on my street 7 and older has their own. Geez!

I went over the plan with me daughter. I showed her how to check her minutes. She know when her free mins start. Plus, unlimited text for teens is always a plus :>

wow, we pay over $40.00 per month and do not have long distance. All our older children, our parents, grandchildren live 1200 miles away so we buy phone cards since giving up the cell phones. I will be checking into this since I hate using phone cards. Thank you for giving all of us this useful information. Also thank you for having contest so that i have a chance to win some much wanted prizes.

crate and barrel! we are moving into a new home and this would be so helpful.

I am already a subscriber. I was receiving the feeds but have not received one in a while.

My boys are only 3 and five right now so they dont have their own cell phones, however they do know how to use mine. Instead of teaching my VERY talkative five year old to call 911, i taught him how to call grandma (hubbys mom)or grandpa (my dad) or daddy in case of an emergency. They are all listed on speed dial so he knows daddy is two, grandpa is three and grandma (his favorite) is four PLUS the green key.

i would like to win either one

WIN WIN WIN!!!