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Teaching Teens Responsibility |
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Written by Jeff Mathes
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As the parent of two teenage sons, life is full of emotion and we have constant chaos. One of the things that I am trying to instill in them is a sense of responsibility. I thought we were past the stage of “when it breaks, dad will buy me a new one.” Not that I did that very often anyway.
My teens are constantly surprising me. The thirteen year old got his first cell phone on Mother’s Day. He was so excited. He could talk to his friends and they could text anytime they wanted to. That was until he took it swimming with him.
After an hour in the pool, he realized that it had been in his pocket the whole time, so he decided to turn it on. Of course, by that time it had short circuited and it was dead. Now he has no cell phone.
I could go out and buy a new phone, but I won’t. I didn’t have the insurance on the phone. He has to wait a few months until I replace my cell phone and then we will transfer his line on to my old phone.
So he won’t have anything fancy and he will have to put up with an old phone for a couple of years. I think that is a great way for him to learn a little responsibility.
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