About Parenting Teens: Cell Phone Use

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Parenting Teens Parenting Teens Teens Today Community Summer with Teens From Denise Witmer, your Guide to Parenting Teens Decide If You Really Need a Home Phone Number As their kids get older and start to use cell phones, parents begin to see that having a home phone number is costly and unnecessary. When everyone in the family has their own phone number, the only people who call your house phone are people who have business with the head of the household. They can get a hold of you just as easily by calling your cell phone number. Tips on how to turn off your landline: Take a full month preparing everyone that your home phone number will be shut down in favor of everyone's cell phone numbers. Talk to your family about when you will be shutting off your landline; give them a specific date. Take some time and place all of your family's cell phone numbers in your phone. Ask your teenagers to do the same. Check your cell phone plan and update it if there is a need. Change your phone information with your creditors and banks. Call your phone service and request your disconnect date. More: Teens Can Save Money by Bringing Their Own Bottle Water | All Money Saving Tips for Families Suggested Reading: Parenting Teens Contracts: Cell Phone Use Teen Crafts: Make Cell Phone Charms Text Messages Keep Teens From Sleeping Teen Sexting - What Should the Laws Be? Follow the About.com Parenting & Family's Thrifty Thursday Parenting Quiz - Is your teen over scheduled? Many teens take on too much without knowing that they are doing so. they sign up to be in a club one day, join a sport the next and then expect to have time for their part time job and homework. Is your teen over scheduled? Summer Activities for Teens - Week One These summer activities for teens can be done individually, with friends or with the whole family. Each week has four different types of teen summer activities: Make This (Recipe), Craft This, Learn How and Get Out and Go! Each activity idea is fun for your teen. Check out week one's summer activities for teens now. Top Prom Tips for Parents of Teens Have a teen that has gone to the prom and nightly parties? Did you extend curfew? How did you curb your teen from drinking and driving? Please share your thoughts, advice and experiences on Prom Night as a parent of a teen. Read the advice given by other parents and add yours here. Parenting of Adolescents Ads Troubled Teens Teenager Parenting Help Bipolar Teens Angry Teen Featured Articles   More from About.com Great Stuff Kids Love From the hottest tunes and best online videos to favorite books and classic toys, here are our top picks for the kids in your life. More > Join About.com's User Panel! Share your opinions and help us make About.com more relevant, informative and enjoyable to use. More> This newsletter is written by: Denise Witmer Parenting Teens Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Parenting Teens newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Must Reads How to Get Your Teen into College Is your teen confident? Find out now! How to Raise a Drug-Free Teen Help Your Teen Handle Peer Pressure Learn to Talk to Your Teen in 5 Days Advertisement