Well, that didn't take long.
My daughter just popped in and acerbically noted that with the new phone for the kitchen, and its two extensions (the one in the kitchen replaces an old one there, the one for our bedroom replaces a really old one here, and we now have an extension in the living room to keep you from having to sprint for the kitchen when it rings), we now have a phone in every single room in the house except the garage, storage room, the bathrooms, and her room. When I said yes, that's true -- we should put a phone in the bathroom, she was not amused.
Her mother's not too keen on her getting a phone, predominantly because she likes knowing when she's talking to someone on the phone, and who that someone is. I understand that -- but I also understand that she's going into eighth grade. She's getting to be an actual teenager. A little freedom -- trust, but verify -- might not be a bad thing.
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That was my mother's attitude with my sisters and myself. She gave us the trust first (within reason), but kept tabs and if we violated that trust in any way, then she removed the privilege.
I had to laugh about the possibility of her finding the cable wires in her bedroom, it's only a matter of time, the phone is the least of your worries!
True. And we do have a 'spare' tv -- its a small one that we use for road trips only. She's asked for it on occasion, and the defense has always been that she wouldn't be able to get cable. We'd honestly forgotten about those jacks. But now.... hmm.
The good news is, she's willing to drop her request for a cell phone if she can get this. Her mother likes that idea. Me, I think, sure, but get it in writing; also, let her know that we DO know how many minutes we use the phone per month, and if it goes up substantially, the phone's coming out. In a way, thats a toothless threat -- she can always just grab one of the other handsets -- but it removes the pleasure of having 'her own phone'.
How long till she asks why she can't have her own line, I wonder?
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