Saturday, November 11, 2017

My 15 year old daughter wants a phone, how do I stop her complaining?

My 15 year old daughter has an iPhone, but she wants to make calls on it so she can talk to her friends. I think it's great that she wants to talk to her friends but she can't pay for a phone because she's not old enough to get a job. I give her $5 a week for her allowance, so that's $20 a month. She can pay for a phone, but she complains that if she paid for her phone every month then she wouldn't be able to spend her money since it costs at least $20 a month to make calls on a phone. I told her she can work in the summer to pay for her phone, but she says that won't be enough money because she'd only be working in the summer and not all the time to keep up with paying for her phone. I wish she would be grateful for what she has.

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