Mario thinks I need to lighten up, but he is the one that was opposed to text messaging in the beginning. I admit, I don't like Eric text messaging. Isn't it enough that we give him a phone? It is hard to let him grow up and be a normal teenager. I don't like what I see from most normal teens. I guess I am going to have to loosen up a bit. 250 text messages probably won't be enough either. He will probably have to upgrade to unlimited before I know it. But I don't think kids should be so attached to their phones. Why can't they just call each other? Why do they sit in firesides and text each other? That tells me they aren't getting anything out of it. I wonder how many are texting during Sacrament meeting. I don't know if I am going to survive the teen years. I want my kids to be well liked and not be nerds, but at what expense?
"Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured." Gordon B. Hinckley
Monday, December 7, 2009
Soon to be Teen
Eric has been showing signs that he is reaching those teens years. The most recent one, text messaging. For a while Eric was paying the $5 a month charge to have 250 text messages. But he quickly gave that up since he wasn't using it. Now a few months later I checked his usage and he had almost 100 text messages. At 20 cents each, that really starts to add up. Fortunately I called Verizon and they were able to backdate his text message plan and now he only owes me $5 instead of close to $20.
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Well, I remember when you just HAD to have a phone in your room and I think it was even your own line! And you were on it all the time! You turned out fine. Texting is what teenagers do now...so you'll just have to lighten up probably. Eric's a good kid, he'll make good decisions.
I can't believe how fast the kids are growing up, I guess I should since we had 4 of our own. Eric is a good kid. Glad you were able to fix the text messaging from Verizon.
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