I don't care how many tears she sheds because her teenage sister got one for graduation. Any parents who succumb to favoritism and are forced to give their 7 year old daughter an iPhone complete with internet, texting, video e-mail GPS and all the goodies (because her sister has one...) has TOTALLY LOST IT AS PARENTS.
Yes... your big sister is twice your age, got all A's on her report card and has a bit more maturity not to whine and cry everytime 'someone else' has more than her.
Besides, there are poor starving children in third-world countries who have never seen a 42" flatscreen HD TV like the one in your bedroom.
A yuppie father was sharing his woes with me last week. I honestly didn't have any sympathy for him at all.
I pity her boyfriends when she grows older... 
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Fender
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Jun 16 @ 7:19PM
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insane 
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imlost2
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Jun 16 @ 7:29PM
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Actually I didn't even own a cell until my teen got her driver's license and I thought it would be wise in case she was stranded on the road, I got her a added to my triple A too. But she pays for her own cell and her own insurance as she has a job. It's called responsibility, which one gets as they grow older, it's not a given. I agree with you Chat. Take care Lost
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BandTMom
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Jun 16 @ 7:35PM
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My 7 year doesn't understand why he can't have a phone when all of his cousins do.
There is no reason for a child that young to have a phone...especially one with all the bells and whistles. Kids get far too much now a days and they have nothing to look forward to when they get older.
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1frantastic
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Jun 16 @ 7:59PM
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what a kid with a cell phone? I dont even have a cordless phone!!! have an old princess phone though...no caller id so is a surprise each telemarketing call I get as to which one this call.....  
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burnslikethesun
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Jun 16 @ 8:30PM
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times a changing.
and gps for your kids in today's world aint a bad idea.
Im also pretty sure there was rap you all got when you were kids that 5 generations older then you said ya didnt need, but ya had anyways.
And hmmm, who ya sounding like?
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legacy1
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Jun 16 @ 8:36PM
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Chat, I know these parents that give their kid any damn thing he wants...he is 12 and what did Jr. want this time? He got a $400.00 Blackberry...and for what? Because he wanted it??? Some parents have no f'n clue...
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WSOR
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Jun 16 @ 9:14PM
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Some parents have no f'n clue... WELL SAID!!  
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chevymn
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Jun 16 @ 9:15PM
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Yep! Got to agree. My nephew had a four hundred dollar phone. That was before he got kicked out of school for drugs the second time. I do have to agree with Lost on the older teenager thing though. My mom bought me a phone that had like 15 minutes on it when I was 17 and working out of town. I didnt own another ond until last year.
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CHARLIgurl1
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Jun 16 @ 9:34PM
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I think a lot of parents (wrongly) buy thier kids by giving them these things instead of proper parenting and spending time with them.
Its quicker to write a check for a phone than it is to spend an afternoon at the ball park.
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jamie63
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Jun 16 @ 9:59PM
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Children in elementary school and middle school who are not driving do not need cell phones, especially not an iphone. Even teenagers who have cell phones don't "need them", it's just gotten to be that everyone has them.
Parents need to remember how to say No.
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missliss78
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Jun 16 @ 11:29PM
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I pity her boyfriends when she grows older...
Boyfriends? I pity her spouse if she ever gets a sucka to marry her!
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dizzydoll
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Jun 17 @ 2:55AM
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a bit more maturity not to whine and cry everytime 'someone else' has more than her
yup
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silksox
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Jun 17 @ 1:26PM
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A kudo for this Post. 
Silk
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RightWingRepublican
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Jun 18 @ 12:23AM
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Holy crap.
Did she just ask for it? Or did they get her one?
If they bought her one, they need to be slapped.
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Berrysplash
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Jun 21 @ 9:43PM
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Part of the problem nowadays is that parents what to be thier kids friends and not their parents. But I am sorry part of parenting is saying no--at least sometimes and not yes all the time!
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chatillion
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Jun 21 @ 10:55PM
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OK, so look at this from the parents point of view... they are paying for their kids to go to private school... ALL the other kids have iPhones.
It's a no-win situation.
Do I need to explain more?
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chatillion
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Jun 21 @ 11:08PM
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If they bought her one, they need to be slapped.
Yes, regardless of the circumstance, they need to be slapped. 
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