Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains You know I see kids in my DD's elementry school with phones... These kids are all under 10... Yes even the really little kids have them - Middle school is even worse! My kids get a phone when they become freshmen in HS. The first time there is an issue with the phone (school or home) it's gone. My oldest had his taken away for making and receiving calls after 10pm (his cerfew).
Originally Posted By mele My daughter has a phone and she's 10. But we don't have home phones and she leaves it off, in her backpack during school hours. She sometimes texts with her friend across the street, usually the girl is asking if she can ride to school with us in the mornings instead of walking. Of course, she's only 10. We're just biding our time. We know what's coming. LOL
Originally Posted By DyGDisney gottaluv, sounds reasonable to me. I don't get the 6 year old with cell phone thing either, and believe me it's common in my kids' school. Apparently, even after her getting in trouble, this girls parents do not care to make sure she is following the rules.
Originally Posted By Ursula I totally get kids of all ages having cell phones. What if there is a lockdown, what if there is a shooting, what if the school bus breaks down, what if the child's ride isn't there and needs reassurance someone is coming? I don't get texting in class, however. Nor do I get using the phone during classtime at all. I'm glad this gal got a ticket and suspension. She deserved it. And yes, back-talking to a police office does warrant a ticket.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney My dd in 6th grade has asked for a cell phone many times. Apparently about 3/4 of the class has one. I tell her there is a phone in every room at the school. Each of my kids has called me several times from their classrooms for various reasons, so I know they can. My younger dd called me once from her class on her teachers cell phone, so that's an option too. There are very few kids at our school who ride the bus, I mean probably about 1% of the students. Our district charges for riding the bus and has very few that run to the elementary schools. I can see your point though Ursula. If my daughter, say, walked home alone every day then I'd probably get her one. But as it is now there is a phone everywhere she is. If she is going somewhere where she may not have easy access to a phone, I give her my husband's personal cell for the time. He has a work one also. But, I didn't have a cell phone until I was 24, yet somehow I survived. I'm sure most of the kids who have one have no need for one.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Oh, and I go up to the school to pick my kids up, and have been there a few times when one of my kids' friends didn't know where their rides were. I always let them use my cell, but the office stays open, with several phones available, until all the kids are gone.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I realize I sound a bit self-righteous, and I don't mean to. It just makes me so frustrated when children think they don't have to have any respect for the adults of authority in their lives. Maybe more so because I substitute teach! Also, the other thread about kids sending nude pictures on cell phones is in my mind now too, and that one makes me very angry.
Originally Posted By DAR <<Also, the other thread about kids sending nude pictures on cell phones is in my mind now too, and that one makes me very angry. >> See what happens when we have temperatures in the 40's here. And if I were the teacher in that class, I would have taken the phone from the student. Told her she would get at the end of the day. If I saw it in there again. I'm taking it to the principal's office and he/she can decide when the student will get it back. My father retired last year as a grade school principal and I remember him have a few phones that were confiscated in his office.
Originally Posted By mele Did he have any of these? <a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4133KqodUVL._SL500_AA277_.jpg" target="_blank">http://ecx.images-amazon.com/i...277_.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains <<And if I were the teacher in that class, I would have taken the phone from the student. Told her she would get at the end of the day. If I saw it in there again. I'm taking it to the principal's office and he/she can decide when the student will get it back.>> I would only be guessing here - but if the resource officer was called in - it was probably because she was denying the phone to the teacher first.
Originally Posted By Ursula With accessibility comes responsibility. One should not have a cell phone for a kid that has no respect for the proper time and place to use a phone. Note I said I was okay with the kids having a phone. I am not okay with them having a phone on. Or even out of their pocket or bookbag at school. I just think about the calls made during certain school emergencies with shootings and I wouldn't want my child (I don't have a child, I must note) to have to wait to use her friend's phone in such a case. I'm sure if there was an incident at your kid's school, you'd LOVE to hear their voice while you watch their school being shown on the news from an overhead chopter. Then again, we live in the city and things might be different here.
Originally Posted By dshyates "I'm sure if there was an incident at your kid's school, you'd LOVE to hear their voice while you watch their school being shown on the news from an overhead chopter." My wife and daughter were in a pre-school RIGHT next to Columbine. They were under police lockdown until 7PM that evening. I got a call at work from my wife at work as I was watching it all go down. It was before the days of EVERYONE having a cell phone, but we did keep in touch through the landlines at work. But I would have to say that these are SO rare that it isn't even an issue. Now if I had a daughter that had to/ could drive anywhere by themselves they would have a phone. But the way to be sure that they aren't texting/calling during school hours is look at the bill. It has the times of everything.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney You are right Ursula. I guess I don't think the chances of that are very high, but if it did ever happen (God forbid), I would certainly wish both my kids had a phone.
Originally Posted By DAR <<I would only be guessing here - but if the resource officer was called in - it was probably because she was denying the phone to the teacher first. >> That's if "I" were the teacher.
Originally Posted By queenbee I thought the girl put the phone down her pants? How, exactly, would you take the phone away....
