You sir just rendered your argument useless. Since your kids have cars they wouldn’t need to walk around and knock on doors. But for the sake of argument let’s say they were driving without a phone and the car breaks down. How do they get a hold of you?
Well that’s obvious. But we all make mistakes. Especially a 14 year old. I bet he won’t miss the bus again. And I bet his mother won’t let him leave without his phone again
The same way I did and billions my age did growing up. cell phone weren't around that long. You guys are talking like toddlers now.
I’m a parent and posted this earlier in the thread
This jump to conclusion tho
My daughter is 9 and will be in middle school in a few years. She will no longer be able to attend the before and after school program I send her to now. She will have to catch public transportation unless me or her mother are able to get drop her off and pick her up. I will be getting her a cell phone just in case something happens when she is coming and going. Why would I take that away as a punishment?
Firstly, I wouldn't be in that situation. I had to walk to the subway, and take the train at 14 on the other side of town. I knew how to get to school and back. technology makes some kids now just plain stupid.
We came up in a different time. My mother used make sure I had some quarters on me when I left the house so I could use a pay phone if I needed to. Pay phones barely exist now so I doubt kids can use the same tools that we used to. I’m pretty sure if having a cell phone was an option she would’ve tried to get me one becuz they’re way more convenient
And I'll ask you the same question, as well, since you seem to feel it's appropriate to blame the mother for this happening to her son.
Agreed, times are different. Things that are intended as more convenient has turned into dependency. We aren't talking about a 9 year old though. We're talking about a child that is nearing or is in highschool than don't know how to get out of his neighborhood without google maps.
Oh so, now you see the value in asking what ifs in order to gain understanding of one's logic
So let's see if you're still dodging: if instead of her taking the phone, it broke the night before, would you be blaming her for allowing him to catch the bus to school as he had done the entire school year without incident?
And I'll ask you the same question, as well, since you seem to feel it's appropriate to blame the mother for this happening to her son.
When did I ever blame the mother for her son getting shot?Oh so, now you see the value in asking what ifs in order to gain understanding of one's logic
So let's see if you're still dodging: if instead of her taking the phone, it broke the night before, would you be blaming her for allowing him to catch the bus to school as he had done the entire school year without incident?
And I'll ask you the same question, as well, since you seem to feel it's appropriate to blame the mother for this happening to her son.
But the age I’m talking about getting my daughter a phone she’d only be a couple years younger than this kid. But based on the way you say you’ve raised your kids I’m pretty sure they’d know how to navigate their neighborhood. Based on that assumption wouldn’t you say that his parents are at least partly responsible for him not knowing how to get around?
