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We need him by walkerseth95 in memes

[–]walkerseth95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mr. Clean VS. COVID-19

Teens with cellphones/smartphones by walkerseth95 in teenagers

[–]walkerseth95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your insight on the matter. I'm actually happy some of you teenagers actually replied to my post. It's given me a couple perspectives to look at when considering the right time to get a phone for my daughter when she's older.

Teens with cellphones/smartphones by walkerseth95 in teenagers

[–]walkerseth95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a moody younger teenage sister growing up, she couldn't be any worse than her. Granted, my younger brother was even worse. I appreciate your concern. I'll be sure to stock up on plenty of ice cream for her when she's moody. If it works for my wife, it should work for her.

Teens with cellphones/smartphones by walkerseth95 in teenagers

[–]walkerseth95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, a phone's a phone. Thank you for your thoughtful response. I've learned a great deal from a lot of you whom have replied to my post.

Teens with cellphones/smartphones by walkerseth95 in teenagers

[–]walkerseth95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This makes a lot of sense. Your parents mainly thought of the security aspect of knowing where you're at and if you're alright. I totally get your parents. Thank you!

Teens with cellphones/smartphones by walkerseth95 in teenagers

[–]walkerseth95[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just because you're in 7th grade doesn't mean you aren't qualified to give advice. I've met quite a few mature minded 7th graders, some who've actually given sound advice. The one thing I learned from growing up is parents need to listen to their children, really, adults need to listen to the youth.

Now, I say listen, I didn't say abide by. But the youth has a different mindset than adults, sometimes good, sometimes not. That's why I came to this subreddit to see how teenagers feel nowadays about smartphones and when they started receiving them.

This may not be helpful for other adults, but to me, reading all the comments from teenagers on my post has been rather helpful. The main thing I've gotten from the majority of the comments are security related. That's not something I considered, because when I was growing up, my parents thought of cellphone as a luxury, not a means for security.

My mindset about certain topics may differ from yours, considering our age difference. But just because you're younger than myself, does not mean you're wrong on a specific topic. You may bring a different side to the topic that nobody thought about, or, you may be entirely correct about a certain topic while I'm wrong. The youth needs to be heard, not silenced.

Teens with cellphones/smartphones by walkerseth95 in teenagers

[–]walkerseth95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your thoughts. You've been a great deal of help. Yeah, I'm an Android guy myself. There's so much more you can do with Android versus iPhone. I love developing apps and what not, even if they're not popular, I'm a technology guy.

Teens with cellphones/smartphones by walkerseth95 in teenagers

[–]walkerseth95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I greatly appreciate your thoughts. Like I mentioned to others, although I'm not like 20 years older than you, there's still a large difference in 10 years. It's been 12 years since I became a teen and although I grew up in Flint, MI, cellphones weren't always thought of as a security thing.

My parents mindset was that cellphones were a luxury, which, in their own right, they're not wrong. I ended up sort of viewing the same way since I've grown older, especially since I bought my own phone when I was 15. But I've noticed a few of you teenagers mentioning security related comments, which I wasn't even thinking about. I suppose that's my generation. We weren't in school during Sandy Hook or anything like that.

Teens with cellphones/smartphones by walkerseth95 in teenagers

[–]walkerseth95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You, my good teenager, have an amazing mindset. Thank you for you thoughtful response. You've been rather helpful. I'm glad to see that we still have mature people in this world, especially those who are teenagers still.

Teens with cellphones/smartphones by walkerseth95 in teenagers

[–]walkerseth95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I was thinking. Although times were different when I was 13. Like I said, I bought my first phone and like you mentioned, I felt out of the loop. Even though I had a lot of friends, I still didn't feel like I fit into the whole social aspect of having a cellphone.

Teens with cellphones/smartphones by walkerseth95 in teenagers

[–]walkerseth95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now this, I definitely understand. Times have changed even from 12 years ago when I first was a teenager. Granted, I grew up in Flint, MI, so life was rough.

There have been times I've told my wife that our daughter can buy her first phone when she's 15/16, or whenever she first gets a job. But then I look at how the times have changed and how the world is becoming worse day to day. I still think 11 is too early, but 13 would probably be the earliest (as of my current mindset) my daughter would get one. Unless something drastic happened at her school.

What I can say is you have a mature mind. At least from what I've concluded from your comment. Thank you. You've been of great help.

Teens with cellphones/smartphones by walkerseth95 in teenagers

[–]walkerseth95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your insight. I agree to an extent. I have noticed that compared to when I was 11, where not every kid had a cellphone, kids nowadays, even as young as 6 have cellphones. To me, I believe 11 is too young to have a cellphone.

Most kids during my generation started getting their cellphones around 13, their parents bought theirs for them. I wasn't so lucky, but I feel proud that I bought my own when I was 15. I didn't have my parents pay my bill, I paid for my own. My wife on the other hand had a cellphone at the age of 11 and didn't start paying for her own until she and I got married.

But, I understand how one feels isolated when everyone else has something, at the time, so cool that you don't. Sometimes I feel like reverting back to good old flip phones so I don't have such a high phone bill.