Cell Phone Insurance
Getting an expensive cell phone for a teenager is just
crazy unless you have the most responsible teen on the planet. Don't let
this fact bother you but if you are going to buy a Christmas cell phone for
a teen it is best to also purchase cell phone insurance. why is this you
might ask well its simple. Teens are known to go through electronic gadgets
very quickly.
Cell phone insurance is pretty cheap compared to the
alternative of having to buy a new cell phone when the cell phone you gave
as a gift is broken, lost, or even worse stolen. The last you want is for it
to break. The average teenager goes through three cell phones a year. Just
knowing that fact should make you get cell phone insurance when you are
thinking about buying a Christmas cell phone for a teen.
Benefits of getting a teen a cell phone
There is a benefit for buying a teen a cell phone for
Christmas. For one thing you will always be able to get in touch with them
whenever you felt like it. The money spent on a cell phone for a teen is
well worth the peace of mind alone no matter what time of year it is. As a
concerned parent you can sleep at night knowing that the teen is only a
phone call away from being told to come home. Heck you can even just call
them whenever you felt like and sort of check up on them to make sure they
aren't doing bad things like drugs. You can also set up a specific time for
them to call you and check in. This takes only a minute of your time and it
gives the teen a sense of responsibility also. Maybe you already have this
time set up and your teen is using money to call you from a pay phone a cell
phone for the teen will save you money in the long run.
Buy a cell phone for yourself
If you don't own a cell phone it might be a good idea to
look into getting one for yourself. You can get a shared minutes family
plan. This way you can have a cell phone just in case of emergencies or
maybe you were going to get one for yourself soon anyway. Now is your chance
to kill two birds with one stone so to speak. The big bonus of getting a
shared minutes family cell phone plan is that you can monitor the teens
minutes and make sure the new toy won't be used up like crazy teens do. The
minutes are combined on your monthly cell phone bill.
Pay Phones
Pay phones are becoming more expensive to use if you can
even find one that works. If your teen was to call home every day to check
in it would cost hundreds of dollars a year. For this reason alone it is
worth getting your teen a cell phone for Christmas.
Note to Teens : For this to work print this page and leave it
around the house as a hint but cut this line off.
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