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Dec 5, 2016
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srey
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How old? Talk to the parents. Beyond that, tell your kid that some people are
mean, but they don't have to listen to them.
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Bullies suck!
Tokolosh
12/5/16 7:54pm
Tell your son to slash his bike tires.
thebruce
12/5/16 7:56pm
How old? Talk to the parents. Beyond that, tell your kid that some people are
srey
12/5/16 7:57pm
Call the kid back or talk to his parents. Tonight.
BigD Coug
12/5/16 7:58pm
Wife sent the boy a text saying...
Tokolosh
12/5/16 8:03pm
Don't let your kid wear ute gear
Sandy Lyle
12/5/16 7:58pm
Photoshop girls underwear on the boys picture and post them all over the school
WDaddy
12/5/16 7:59pm
foof, I'm going to need to call in a favor.
Tokolosh
12/5/16 8:01pm
This would be great
Sandy Lyle
12/5/16 8:08pm
Guessing girl v girl? Do boys send I hate you texts?
Grit for Brains
12/5/16 8:00pm
Boys
Tokolosh
12/5/16 8:02pm
Are people really giving their kids phones these days in high school?
brazilcoug
12/5/16 8:03pm
Of course not. They are in fifth grade. High schoolers with cells? Crazy talk!
Tokolosh
12/5/16 8:07pm
Oh good. You had me all nervous there.
brazilcoug
12/5/16 8:08pm
Umm, even if you think it's wrong, how are you even asking this? Do you know any
fattycoug
12/5/16 8:08pm
Just because everyone has one doesn't make it right.
brazilcoug
12/5/16 8:11pm
You asked if people really gave phones to kids in HS. The answer is: ABSOLUTELY
fattycoug
12/5/16 8:25pm
Just because that's your opinion, it doesn't mean you're right
jdub
12/5/16 8:38pm
Proliferation of cell phones at this age increased as schools and providers
BYUFam1
12/6/16 6:56am
RE: Proliferation of cell phones at this age increased as schools and providers
WDaddy
12/6/16 7:21am
Lol....let us know how that goes. Your kids will despise you and hate you
kansascougar
12/5/16 8:09pm
I'm not on this earth to be my kids' friend. I'm here to be their parent.
brazilcoug
12/5/16 8:12pm
lol when you have teenagers... just wait
kotacoug
12/5/16 8:19pm
No kidding....sounds like you have this parenting thing figured out.
kansascougar
12/5/16 8:49pm
But only for like an hour and a half per night, right?
srey
12/5/16 9:09pm
Then they might need a cell phone so you can get a hold of them and to track
Texas Hammer
12/5/16 10:26pm
Heaven forbid junior hates you. Best get him a smart phone.
Bert609
12/5/16 8:13pm
What would we do without all your life experience on CB?
WDaddy
12/5/16 8:12pm
Great point. You're all graced with my presence.
brazilcoug
12/5/16 8:14pm
Or your arrogance.
kansascougar
12/5/16 8:53pm
Haha...yeah, it'd be terrible for parents to have a way to communicate with their kids. I guess the kid could just
RichieRich
12/5/16 8:16pm
Again, somehow I survived high school without a cell phone. Not sure how.
brazilcoug
12/5/16 8:19pm
Yeah but you turned out weird so you might want to try something different
WDaddy
12/5/16 8:20pm
I dare you to come to my place of work and tell me that to my face.
brazilcoug
12/5/16 8:23pm
Does it have to be at work or could it be somewhere else? Like the playground?
fattycoug
12/5/16 8:32pm
How about at recess?
brazilcoug
12/5/16 8:33pm
My money is on fatty
jdub
12/5/16 9:27pm
Lol this thread has me in stitches
thebruce
12/5/16 10:57pm
Where do you work?
thebruce
12/5/16 11:04pm
I'm sorry that you can't see the difference between the 90's and now.
RichieRich
12/5/16 8:20pm
Tell me why a cell phone is necessary. I survived high school without one.
brazilcoug
12/5/16 8:21pm
Do you have any association with teen agers?
kotacoug
12/5/16 8:24pm
It's the best way for parents to communicate with kids. That, and, why shouldn't they have one?
RichieRich
12/5/16 8:24pm
Well, there's plenty of reasons not to have them but their usefulness probably
fattycoug
12/5/16 8:27pm
No kidding. The church fully embraces social media
kotacoug
12/5/16 8:28pm
Yeah, but look how you turned out.
macaroni
12/5/16 8:28pm
And my parents went through school without using the internet. Why would anyone need it now?
YIsForBrigham
12/5/16 10:03pm
I can one-up that. I was went a full week on nothing but beef jerky and Fresca
thebruce
12/5/16 11:01pm
Assignments, clubs, activities, YM,YW, EFY... all use cells to announce and
BYUtka
12/5/16 11:17pm
You may be making the right decision for your family but...
Tokolosh
12/5/16 8:21pm
So rather than a better way, you'd rather stay with a worse option? Did you have a car in high school? If so, why? Many
macaroni
12/5/16 8:27pm
His parents probably didn't allow him to use the land line phone
kotacoug
12/5/16 8:29pm
Good luck w that
Big Daddy D
12/5/16 8:23pm
Try to find a pay phone some time. It isn't like when we were in high school. I
gwalker
12/5/16 8:24pm
BUT HE SURVIVED WITHOUT ONE AND EVERYTHING IS THE SAME AS IT WAS IN 1995
RichieRich
12/5/16 8:25pm
I'm still waiting for a logical answer to the question of why a teenager NEEDS
brazilcoug
12/5/16 8:27pm
Everything is planned in group texts. Your poor kids will be hanging out with
WDaddy
12/5/16 8:28pm
Yup. Gotta have access to texting. Now, do they need a smartphone and a data
Bert609
12/5/16 8:33pm
Several people have told you that it's so they can communicate with their kids
fattycoug
12/5/16 8:29pm
On a serious note, it's a very sad reality and world we live in.
brazilcoug
12/5/16 8:32pm
Another naive response
WDaddy
12/5/16 8:36pm
I'm a millennial and I make and take phone calls all day. Most millennials I
crazY
12/5/16 8:37pm
I agree it has a negative impact. Air conditioning has a negative impact on
gwalker
12/5/16 8:52pm
Do you need a car? You can probably use a combination of biking, walking and
gwalker
12/5/16 8:31pm
havent blocked anyone b4. Please never post again so I can continue my streak.
Sandy Lyle
12/5/16 8:32pm
Feel free to block me. But know that I'm a sensitive soul and that it will
brazilcoug
12/5/16 8:35pm
I've posted why they're useful multiple times in this thread. You're either too cheap and/or stubborn to accept how
RichieRich
12/5/16 8:37pm
Yep. Who needs motorized vehicles as well. My great grandpa grew up without one,
cougaman
12/5/16 8:39pm
It is how his coaches will communicate, how his YM leaders will communicate, and
Big Daddy D
12/5/16 9:36pm
It's how the world is now. Kids need a cell phone so they can function. They will be seriously handicapped without one
YIsForBrigham
12/5/16 10:05pm
You seem to be ignoring everyone who has clearly explained.
BYUtka
12/5/16 11:18pm
Uhhh high school? Try iphones in elementary
BYUfan92
12/5/16 8:24pm
Even more ridiculous.
brazilcoug
12/5/16 8:37pm
Agreed for elementary kids, even 7th and 8th graders..
BYUfan92
12/5/16 8:54pm
Your poor child
whoneedscorners?
12/5/16 8:25pm
Seriously. No phone and a Gonzaga fan. He's bound for therapy:(
blackandblue
12/5/16 8:31pm
If you don't have a house phone, what's the problem?
macaroni
12/5/16 8:25pm
Everything for Church and school is done via text. You have to have one starting
BYUtka
12/5/16 8:38pm
Yeesh. If they're having kids in high school, I'd have to guess that their kids are way too young to use cell phones.
foofcoug
12/5/16 9:05pm
Did you have a TV in high school? Computer in the home? HOW COULD YOUR PARENTS DO THAT!?
cougfanblue
12/5/16 9:56pm
Nothing more annoying than unsolicited parenting opinions. I have had five
cougarim
12/5/16 10:02pm
My 8th child just became a deacon this Fall so I've gone through teen years
BYUFam1
12/6/16 7:25am
I have no problem with a high schooler having a cell phone.
jensen46
12/6/16 7:11am
How did I miss this? Awesome!
LaVellIfIKnow
12/6/16 9:24pm
Tell him to stop wearing the BYU shirts and you'll stop sending him texts.
cougaman
12/5/16 8:16pm
It's worse because in the day we went home and the bully was gone
Bert609
12/5/16 8:19pm
first get this app on your child's phone
LEHI cougar
12/5/16 8:17pm
Dumb phone. No apps.
Tokolosh
12/5/16 8:19pm
best of luck
LEHI cougar
12/5/16 8:21pm
How's the bully's parents? A dad shows me proof my kids been bullying and
Bert609
12/5/16 8:22pm
Don't know. But if this continues I will meet them.
Tokolosh
12/5/16 8:27pm
honestly, if it were my child bullying and I'm betting you're the same, I'd want
LEHI cougar
12/5/16 8:34pm
Did you ask your son who it is and to be honest with you on why the kid hates
JAGA97
12/5/16 8:23pm
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ArcticKat
12/5/16 8:23pm
Dufuss
sfeuz
12/5/16 8:27pm
Show him the dumb stuff people on CB have directed toward you. Show him
ag4cougs
12/5/16 8:26pm
He's not the one I'm fighting with on Twitter, is he?
Ragnar Danneskjold
12/5/16 8:42pm
Do all that you can do. I just read this story
Baron
12/5/16 9:06pm
Max Hall hates him too
straightouttarenton
12/5/16 9:33pm
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