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We don't do cell phones until fifteen so yeah, land line.Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks!
I think I'll keep the landline though because I'm not ready for my 6th grade daughter to have her own cell phone with service.
I have one that USED to be a copper wire old school set up, kept it specifically for use during disasters. So imagine my surprise when PG&E turned the power off for a week last fall and my phone didn't work. I'd been paying a ridiculously higher rate compared to a digital line and when crunch time came - bogus. Bastards! (they apparently migrated our neighborhood over to some sort of partial digital setup without telling me).yup same home phone since the late 50's
a wall mounted rotary super loud super annoying always works
dad was in the signal corps from WW2 to korea thru vietnam
electricity is a PIA when you don't have any
the world sucks on electricity's teet so bad
its a terrible addicton
gonna be a day when that and gas will be hard to find
like in the early 70's
it actually is, particularly in the US health care industry. HIPPA rules regard fax as a secure means of communication (as opposed to email - go figure), so fax is still widely in use.Faxing is still a thing?!
how does she handle it? my cellphone-less 5th grader can see where he's being left out of the loop with his friends who have phones and it's starting to bug him. we were determined to hold out as long as we could, but when he's off to middle school next year, it's probably inevitable. resistance is futile.Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks!
I think I'll keep the landline though because I'm not ready for my 6th grade daughter to have her own cell phone with service.
It's been kinda tough, but I gave her my old phone so she can have spotify and listen to terrible pop music while on wifi signal and that helps. It also helps that her friends don't really seem to use their phones much for texting and don't have social media. We let her play games on our phones or on the ipad, and she can use the computer to check her email. That seems to sate her for now, but with junior high next year, who knows how long we will be able to hold out.how does she handle it? my cellphone-less 5th grader can see where he's being left out of the loop with his friends who have phones and it's starting to bug him. we were determined to hold out as long as we could, but when he's off to middle school next year, it's probably inevitable. resistance is futile.
We waited until the oldest was 16 and driving. After coming up to speed on the science, I felt like handing him a smart phone would be comparable to handing him some heroin and a needle. And then I handed him a smart phone. Getting him to moderate his screen time is a never-ending bitch. Sometimes parenting is un-fun.how does she handle it? my cellphone-less 5th grader can see where he's being left out of the loop with his friends who have phones and it's starting to bug him. we were determined to hold out as long as we could, but when he's off to middle school next year, it's probably inevitable. resistance is futile.
Every now and then someone wants to fax something to work.Faxing is still a thing?!
Exactly. I was faxing an application for a new health plan.it actually is, particularly in the US health care industry. HIPPA rules regard fax as a secure means of communication (as opposed to email - go figure), so fax is still widely in use.
I'm affraid......I'm still waiting for Eunice to deliver the punch line....
lol, i could have written this post myself, word for word, substituting "tablet" for "smart phone".After coming up to speed on the science, I felt like handing him a smart phone would be comparable to handing him some heroin and a needle. And then I handed him a smart phone. Getting him to moderate his screen time is a never-ending bitch. Sometimes parenting is un-fun.
With our daughter, she pretty much moderated herself. With our boy, it's a never ending battle.Getting him to moderate his screen time is a never-ending bitch. Sometimes parenting is un-fun.
i considered that route as well. chose not to do it based on some hare-brained notion that there was value in him learning self-discipline and self moderationit's so much easier when the moderation is automatic - he knows how much time he has and when it ends and there's no one to argue with about it.
That's awesome. In my experience she's exceptional. It would be interesting to do some science similar to the marshmallow experiment and figure out what drives her (and others like her) ability and how it correlates to success in other areas of life.With our daughter, she pretty much moderated herself.
you folks have no idea what happens behind the veilsFaxing is still a thing?!