Parents should be concerned about finding the best cell phone deals when they are looking for a phone to get their teens. Particularly when they are in a field such as writing where they can not be sure of an exact income range from month to month. I mean, let's face it, I may not have any kids of my own, but you would have to have been living in a cave not to have noticed the masses of kids walking around (and often driving around) with a cell phone glued on their ear.Walking through the local Wal-Mart I pass a group of girls chattering back and forth with at least two of them on cell phones keeping the teen on the other end of the line in the loop on what they're laughing about.
Sitting at a stop light I hear a kid in the car beside me carrying on a very animated conversation with someone when he is alone - the little earphone tucked in his ear and mic arching out toward his mouth the only proof of his presumed sanity.
If humans are social creatures, then teenagers have raised it to an art form and taken on cell phones as their medium of choice.
In addition to all of the chatting there is text messaging (okay, so I have text messaging on my phone too, sue me), then there is the access to the Internet for downloading music and games and new ring tones that just have to be changed in the middle of every math class - and you know where it all goes? :::nods::: Straight to the phone bill.
When they decide to get their teen a cell phone, parents should work with their children not only to find a suitable phone plan, but also to make sure that the teen understands the responsibility of cell phone ownership - including the costs associated with all those downloads. One option is free prepaid cell phones, which have both good points and bad points.
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