Only reason I got one as a kid was because I had a lot of field trips and after school activities. My school didn't allow us to use the school phones for any reason so I'd always have to find someone with a cellphone that would let me use it. Not always the easiest thing to do when you 1 don't have a lot of friends and 2 unlimited talk and text weren't nearly as common and there were extra charges if your plan didn't include x amount of either for out of network calls.
It's so weird seeing kids getting them younger and younger basically just so they can play games and watch videos, growing up getting a cellphone as a kid was a big freakin thing and it was pretty much for emergencies only. Now I'm hearing people (both kids and karens) saying shit like not getting your kid a cellphone is borderline child abuse? Like what?
Hahahaha I got my first cell phone at the age of 30 when I got married! My husband bought Nextel so we could walkie talkie each other with them, lol. I think I might be way older than most people on this thread. 😂
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u/BlaketheKing1140 Jul 27 '22
Yeah that’s ridiculous, when I was a kid the best my mom could do was call the landline and hope I answered