I was waiting to be seen for an appointment today at work. On the television in the waiting area CNN Headline News was on. The story the caught my attention was about a family that did not allow their daughter to use her cell phone to text for one week. It seems the young lady had some outrageous number of texts the previous billing period, well over seven THOUSAND if I remember correctly.

The daughter seemed quite pleased with herself. As she saw an improvement in her school grades over the course of the week. She claimed to have gotten an A on a Spanish test. She felt that not texting for a week was helpful as some school nights she would be texting up until 1:00 a.m.. HMMMMMM

Her mother was also pleased with the results as she stated, “We went out to eat for dinner several times that week”.  “While at the restaurant we actually had conversations instead of sitting there watching her text people”. HMMM and More HMMMMMMM.

Just a thought here. Perhaps instilling the fact that for a teen a cell phone is a not a right but a privilege. If grades were suffering because of the use of the cell phone perhaps even limiting its use from the offset? Of course who has the time when you must ensure that you don't go to the same restaurant twice in one week, let alone three times. Buy God family life these days is demanding. But hey, at least the family set down for dinner together. So what if it was with a bunch of other families.  At least there were distractions so the family didn't have to focus on each other....

Posted by rumrunning at 10:03 PM EST

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Posted by rumrunning at 10:34 PM EST

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