Levi Gets a Cellphone, and a Lot of Rules

Stephen Kreider Yoder, Isaac Yoder & Levi Yoder

STEVE: "Cellphone," came the one-word email the other day. "Cellphone," said the handwritten sticky note on my desk when I got home.

They were subtle messages from Levi, and he had a point: After years of resisting, Karen and I in June told him he could have a cellphone when school began. School had begun.

There are good reasons not to give a teen a cellphone. It's an addictive time sponge. The teen will text all night long and will mess with the phone at the dining table. The phone will magically be juiceless or out of range when Dad's calling on a Friday night.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 6, 2010 3:33 AM
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