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    Remainders - Things We Didn't Post

    On Average, Children Get Cellphones at Age 8

    IBM Played the Sappy Family Guilt Card In Bid to Keep Papermaster

    T-Mobile's Unlimited Family Plan Lets Families Annoy Each Other Unlimitedly

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    10/16/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    Uh, didn't Gizmodo post about Nathan today? [gizmodo.com] #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/19/09

    In reply to On Average, Children Get Cellphones at Age 8
    Well as long as the kid isn't texting during class it's ok...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/18/09

    In reply to On Average, Children Get Cellphones at Age 8
    What the hell does he have against his ear? A potato? A freeze-dried tumor? A scone? Horse apple?
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    Image of Ryanraven Ryanraven
    02/18/09

    In reply to On Average, Children Get Cellphones at Age 8
    I was 12 when i had my first phone. Looooong time ago tho, back when phones were still emerging, before the family plan....
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    Image of BryceMeiklejohn BryceMeiklejohn
    02/18/09

    In reply to On Average, Children Get Cellphones at Age 8
    first cell at like 12 or 13

    but first iphone(3g) at 14.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/18/09

    @BryceMeiklejohn: The crazy part? You're 45!
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/18/09

    In reply to On Average, Children Get Cellphones at Age 8
    I don't understand why parents can't just power-staple a siren and horn to the child's head and make him wear electrified "No Touch! Keep Away!" underwear like they did when we were kids.


    Man, you guys remember what that was like?

    I guess it was a simpler time. We sure were lucky in our own way.

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    02/18/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Yeah, dodging lightning storms to get home on time so we wouldn't get grounded... Those were the days.
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    02/18/09

    In reply to On Average, Children Get Cellphones at Age 8
    Meh. The way I've always seen it, children that young don't need cellphones. Yes, once they're actually doing things on their own outside of school, I can see it, but 8 year olds should always be with a parent, teacher, or some other responsible adult, pretty much all of whom do have a cellphone. I guess that if your kid is often doing things alone, then this is a good idea, but is that really what you want?


    That said, no, I don't have an 8-year-old or any age kid. Please don't get mad at me if I said anything stupid.

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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    02/18/09

    In reply to On Average, Children Get Cellphones at Age 8
    That's not messed up, for some of us it's necessary. Mine got hers years before she turned 8.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    02/18/09

    @Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: Necessary for what reason?
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    Image of seandavid010 seandavid010
    02/18/09

    @Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: I grew up just fine without a cellphone. So did billions of other people. I think 'necessary' might be a stretch. As it stands, my wife and I decided that our kids will get their cellphone when they're 15, as kind of a primer for getting their license and an appropriately crappy car when they turn 16.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    02/18/09

    @Lite: is dining in hell tonight.: Well, I'm a 45 minutes drive away and work 10+ hours a day. She is going from school, to the after school program, to her grandmothers house or some other trusted baby sitter. There where several times where there was confusion as to where she needed to go, once the person that was suppose to pick her up never showed up (turned out their car broke down on the way), and several other scenarios.


    It's not how it use to be. There isn't always a parent at home or nearby to monitor their children. Thankfully it's also the tech age and we have gadgets that make it easier.

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    Image of Weihovah Weihovah
    02/18/09

    @seandavid010: that's like saying billions of people grew up fine w/o vaccinations
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    02/18/09

    @Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: were
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    Image of the_sidewinder the_sidewinder
    02/18/09

    @Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: I grew up without a mom or dad being at home(both worked) and by 8, I didn't even have a babysitter that I would go to see after school


    (This also made any groundings involving the TV hard to enforce ;))

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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    02/18/09

    @the_sidewinder: Wow? You were home alone at the age of 6-8ish? My daughter would burn down the house after breaking the dog's legs. Just kidding... but it certainly wouldn't be pretty.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    02/18/09

    @Weihovah: A good number of us also managed to survive our childhood without wearing a helmet anytime we were withing 50' of a bicycle.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/18/09

    Well there is clearly at least one thing we can all agree on:


    One's own experience as a child provides more than sufficient expertise to tell someone else how to raise their child without ever having met parent or child.

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    02/18/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Duh!


    I just asked why. Which is a valid question if one wants to understand motivation and mindset of others.

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/18/09

    @Lite: Agreed. The target of my passive aggressive snark was darkness, not Lite.
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    02/19/09

    @Lite: is dining in hell tonight.: And some of us should have been wearing a helmet 24/7...
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    11/16/08

    In reply to IBM Played the Sappy Family Guilt Card In Bid to Keep Papermaster
    I bet "blades" took on a whole new meaning for the aforementioned Papermaster...


    From: IBM

    Subject: Watch Yourself Fool


    These blades ain't hotswappable fool! Check yourself...Nah Mean!

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    Image of frigg frigg
    11/16/08

    In reply to IBM Played the Sappy Family Guilt Card In Bid to Keep Papermaster
    Yeah, I'm sure his family is going to be devastated by moving to California and living in the warm glow of stock options.
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