Comments on: Tweens, teens, and Christmas lists http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:54:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: sarah http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-145625 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:55:04 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-145625 grown ups need to leave us teens ALONE !Give us a chance & if it doesnt work out then do what you got to do.sometimes we think you dont trust us!!!!!!!!!!!! grown ups need to leave us teens ALONE !Give us a chance & if it doesnt work out then do what you got to do.sometimes we think you dont trust us!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> by: Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-145474 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:20:56 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-145474 LOL!!! Evidently brandon fished my post out of cyberspace. Funny when these old posts pop up -- they seem like they were written by another person altogether sometimes (in another lifetime, too!). As it happens, btw, we gave AC a cellphone this past Christmas.... but she got it taken away as a disciplinary measure a couple of months ago. She's working toward getting it back. :> LOL!!! Evidently brandon fished my post out of cyberspace. Funny when these old posts pop up — they seem like they were written by another person altogether sometimes (in another lifetime, too!).

As it happens, btw, we gave AC a cellphone this past Christmas…. but she got it taken away as a disciplinary measure a couple of months ago. She’s working toward getting it back.

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]]> by: Pan_theFrog http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-145465 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:21:58 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-145465 How funny. When I first got to the site, I didn't see any post... but there was this recent comment, so I clicked it. And just realized that I replied to something posted 2 years ago. Not that my idea has changed. How funny. When I first got to the site, I didn’t see any post… but there was this recent comment, so I clicked it.
And just realized that I replied to something posted 2 years ago.
Not that my idea has changed.

]]> by: Pan_theFrog http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-145464 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:18:17 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-145464 My teenager is on his third phone. He drops them a lot. He also washed his iPod, and his scientific calculator. Get them the cheapest thing you can if you most get them one. If they still have it a year later, and they are using it, then consider an upgrade. Having said that... 10? Ummm... no. Hold the line. Give her some goal to reach before you will get her one or something simular. Something that will streach her, and give you time to hold off the tide. My teenager is on his third phone. He drops them a lot.
He also washed his iPod, and his scientific calculator.

Get them the cheapest thing you can if you most get them one.
If they still have it a year later, and they are using it, then consider an upgrade.

Having said that… 10? Ummm… no. Hold the line. Give her some goal to reach before you will get her one or something simular. Something that will streach her, and give you time to hold off the tide.

]]> by: brandon http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-145456 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:19:00 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-145456 haha losers i got my phone in the 6th grade lol no just kidding but fo real kids love there phones get them one and they wont wast the money it well be well used haha losers i got my phone in the 6th grade lol no just kidding but fo real kids love there phones get them one and they wont wast the money it well be well used

]]> by: Ashton http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-107713 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:13:50 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-107713 I am a Tween and i do agree with alot of the things that are goin on i am not aloud to date and i do wear makeup ! But one thing that i do see is alot of girls want to flaut thenselfs to make boys like them and i just dont think that is right i think that girls should let the guys like them for who they are not how they dress or if they are considered a "slut" ! Most of the girls are wanting to be that and i just have somethings to say to them ! ... Girls if the guy that you are liking really likes you then you wont need to do the things that you think you need to do ! so dont ask your parents for the clothing that you think is right for the guys dont ! wear what you like ok ! and i am your age and i know what it is like to go through these experiances just dont do it ok ! I am a Tween and i do agree with alot of the things that are goin on i am not aloud to date and i do wear makeup ! But one thing that i do see is alot of girls want to flaut thenselfs to make boys like them and i just dont think that is right i think that girls should let the guys like them for who they are not how they dress or if they are considered a “slut” ! Most of the girls are wanting to be that and i just have somethings to say to them ! … Girls if the guy that you are liking really likes you then you wont need to do the things that you think you need to do ! so dont ask your parents for the clothing that you think is right for the guys dont ! wear what you like ok ! and i am your age and i know what it is like to go through these experiances just dont do it ok !

]]> by: Mary http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-107157 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:19:52 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-107157 There's a lot of discomfort in the medical field about young children and teens using cell phones. Their brains are not fully developed and there is an alarming uptick in brain cancer for children. Although dismissed as urban legend in some quarters (obviously the cell phone selling quarters especially) there is more and more information coming out that would make me very nervous to hand a cell phone to a kid to use on a regular basis. Check with your pediatrician and other sources. Health is always a good reason to deny something.....and good luck! The culture is moving against you and all sane parents! Children still listen to their parents more than their peers and look to you for sound advice so hang in there. There’s a lot of discomfort in the medical field about young children and teens using cell phones. Their brains are not fully developed and there is an alarming uptick in brain cancer for children. Although dismissed as urban legend in some quarters (obviously the cell phone selling quarters especially) there is more and more information coming out that would make me very nervous to hand a cell phone to a kid to use on a regular basis. Check with your pediatrician and other sources. Health is always a good reason to deny something…..and good luck! The culture is moving against you and all sane parents! Children still listen to their parents more than their peers and look to you for sound advice so hang in there.

]]> by: Polimom Says » Another year, another list http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-107039 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:14:12 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-107039 [...] The day after Thanksgiving, Polimom’s blog began receiving many visitors via Google searches. The search term most frequently delivering them here is “What to get teens for Christmas”. [...] […] The day after Thanksgiving, Polimom’s blog began receiving many visitors via Google searches. The search term most frequently delivering them here is “What to get teens for Christmas”. […]

]]> by: Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-46996 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:09:57 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-46996 Since she hasn't yet been more than a block away from me at any given time (other than an overnight at a friend's, where there were many cellphones along with landlines), I have come down hard -- even inflexibly -- on this. I once taught a Junior Achievement class (to her first grade class, in fact), and one of the lessons was "need" vs. "want". She understands the difference, I'm sure. But she sees it, wants it.... I'm really unhappy, frankly, with the materialism of this up and coming generation. Since she hasn’t yet been more than a block away from me at any given time (other than an overnight at a friend’s, where there were many cellphones along with landlines), I have come down hard — even inflexibly — on this.

I once taught a Junior Achievement class (to her first grade class, in fact), and one of the lessons was “need” vs. “want”. She understands the difference, I’m sure. But she sees it, wants it….

I’m really unhappy, frankly, with the materialism of this up and coming generation.

]]> by: Ed T. http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-46826 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:08:58 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/11/28/tweens-teens-and-christmas-lists/#comment-46826 Actually, my son didn't think of the 9/11 angle - <em>I</em> did. It was shortly after 9/11 that possession of a cell phone was no longer a capital offense where he went to school (mostly due to pressure from the parents.) ~EdT. Actually, my son didn’t think of the 9/11 angle - I did. It was shortly after 9/11 that possession of a cell phone was no longer a capital offense where he went to school (mostly due to pressure from the parents.)

~EdT.

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