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How many parents have seen their kids go crazy looking for their cell phone? How many parents are paying for cell phone services for their kids or teens? How many parents try to limit their teen's cell phone time? How many parents are finally learning to text to communicate with their teenager? Just another example of how parenting has become more challenging than generations prior.  Exactly what did we do when there weren't any cell phones? Sometimes, it appears that cell phones have become a required accessory attached to every kid and teenager that you see in public. You see them being used for calls, text messaging, music listening, and game playing, virtually everywhere that kids are found.So, how did kids survive without cell phones in the 80′s? 10 ways kids survived without cell phones:  Notes in Class. Kids in the 1980s may have been one of the last generations to have to rely on passing notes to communicate with each other during class. Pay Phone...

Sarah Newton and Lisa Warner have an amazing Blog, FINK (Family Interaction Nurtures Kids, which offers up-to-date advice, articles and resources for raising kid in today's world!Here is a recent post that I thought many parents can relate to and learn from. When is the right age to get your child a mobile phone? By Sarah Newton I get asked this question a lot and to me it is so immotive and difficult to answer as each child and each family is different. And my opinion may differ from yours. There are so many things to consider. 1. Why does she want one or why do you want her to have one? Most girls will start asking for a phone when they move up to secondary school ( 12 years old) the phone becomes a social thing and a status symbol to them. Boys tends to be a bit later when they want to communicate with girls. Any requests before this time will simply be just because they like the look of them and can generally be disregarded. Most parents will buy their children one before ...

Soure: Guideposts Magazine Pls B Consider8! How to keep good manners alive in the digital age By Patricia Rossi, Safety Harbor, Florida August, 2009 I get questions all the time about rules of etiquette in this tech-crazy world. Lord knows, things have changed. But not everything. I always go back to what my grandma taught me (and she thought Blackberries grew on bushes!): Good manners never go out of style. Common courtesy most often is just common sense. Here are some tips to help you navigate the digital world with style, grace and, most important, consideration for others. Don't Cell Yell What is it about cell phones that make us think the person on the other end is stone deaf? Be aware of others’ personal space when you’re talking. Phone conversations are meant to be private, regardless of where you’re taking the call. Everyone has a cell-phone horror story. Once I was in a quiet Japanese garden only to have the peace shattered by someone’s techno funk ring tone. I wanted to t...