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And today I saw...

Hmm..... :)

This kinda thing is exactly why Apple MIGHT release an iPhone Nano for teens/kids/moms/non-business-folk.

The iPhone Nano will be smaller and i don't think it will demand a dataplan.... so..
 
My six year old nephew got a cellphone for Christmas. It was a AT&T Pay As You Go phone, though. Weird thing is, he knows how to use it. :eek:

I just hope he doesn't take it to school by mistake.
 
A 9 year old would probably make better use of the phones features than a 40 year old. I want to point out how easy the iPhone is to use, my 19 month old son cant even speak yet but knows how to launch an app (my apps) and do simple things.

iPhone so simple a toddler can do it!
 
No the point is is that these type of brats who get everything handed to them cannot grow up to wipe there own a s s . They grow up in life thinking they deserve everything when they haven't proved themselves and they get angry at the world if they don't get what they want. That's why a 9 yr old or any kid who doesn't buy these EXPENSIVE pieces of equipment themselves should not have them.
 
Robby9279 said:
To the OP,
I understand what you mean. I know the phones are cool and everything, but is it really necessary for kids and young teens without jobs to have them? I'm a teenager, and might be getting a new iPhone hopefully sometime this week, and even though I think it's a really cool phone (main reason I want it), I wouldn't be surprised if my parents said no, or asked for good reasons why I need that particular phone.
My parents are the "do you really need it" kind of parents. And even though it pisses me off sometimes, I think it's a good characteristic into making me a young adult. At some point in my life I'm going to be on my own, and my "mommy and daddy" are not going to be buying me my iPhone... my computer.. all that kind of stuff, and I'm going to have to learn how to deal with it myself. So the way I see it is, all these kids with their iPhones, and Blackberries, is.. why? Why have we become such a spoiled generation and repeatedly ask our parents to buy us this and buy us that, and if they don't we whine like little babies.
So my point is, even though I'm a teenager with all these things that I really don't need, I have them because they're cool, which a absolutely stupid reason. Kids(including myself) these days seriously have to start learning what they need and don't need. And have to adapt to the fact that they can't just get everything they want.
Just my two cents...
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You are mature enough if you understand you really don't need it thank you , my Dad taught me the same way.

Mr. Giver '94 said:
You are seriously jealous of a 9-year-old...Wow... :rolleyes:

So what. I know plenty of kids that age with iPhones. What's it to you?

I'm 14 and I have an iPhone and all that other stuff. I take care of it and enjoy using it. I would say I'm more mature than most kids my age.
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If you don't get why a 9 yr old having an iPhone is ridiculous then you are not mature enough as you say yet. And you said you have a 3G iPhone and ALL that other stuff like a 24" iMac and 3 other iPods, How did you pay for that stuff? and your monthly at&t contract???
 
i'm not getting a cell phone till i'm 16 and driving because i'd lose it, and hate paying for crap i dont use, but when i am driving next year..i guess it will be this year today, i'll have one.

even when i do have a cell phone, i'll get a tracfone because they are the cheapest.
 
I don't want to start a flame here but who do you guys think you are to judge a 9 year old for having an iPhone? I grew up with nothing and I sure as hell will buy my son an iWhatever when he becomes 9. I work on 4 to 5 hours of sleep daily to make sure that I can give my son the world! Now if you cant appreciate that someone before them worked hard as hell to make sure their family gets what they want then you are either not a family man or don't understand the concept. My parents did the same for me, thats why I was born in the greatest country in the world.
 
akacaj said:
I don't want to start a flame here but who do you guys think you are to judge a 9 year old for having an iPhone? I grew up with nothing and I sure as hell will buy my son an iWhatever when he becomes 9. I work on 4 to 5 hours of sleep daily to make sure that I can give my son the world! Now if you cant appreciate that someone before them worked hard as hell to make sure their family gets what they want then you are either not a family man or don't understand the concept. My parents did the same for me, thats why I was born in the greatest country in the world.
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OK, not to start your unwanted flame war, but buying your kid whatever he wants does not make you a "family man"...especially if you are working all the time to provide said stuff. Spending time WITH your family makes you a family man. If given the choice between spending the day with my kid throwing some balls in the park or building a treehouse, or going to work so I can buy him an iPhone, I'm going to spend time with him.

Providing your kid with whatever he wants more than likely leads to him thinking that people should work extra hard to give him what he wants, instead of he himself working for it. See "My Super Sweet 16" for examples.

Sorry, you don't need to think like I do, but that's what I think.
 
samiwas said:
OK, not to start your unwanted flame war, but buying your kid whatever he wants does not make you a "family man"...especially if you are working all the time to provide said stuff. Spending time WITH your family makes you a family man. If given the choice between spending the day with my kid throwing some balls in the park or building a treehouse, or going to work so I can buy him an iPhone, I'm going to spend time with him.

Providing your kid with whatever he wants more than likely leads to him thinking that people should work extra hard to give him what he wants, instead of he himself working for it. See "My Super Sweet 16" for examples.

Sorry, you don't need to think like I do, but that's what I think.
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Totally agree with the spending time with them part. I never said that I don't, thats why I don't get sleep because I work after he goes to sleep. My point was that I work hard to get him what he wants, so did my mom and dad and so will he for his kids. I got my first job when I was 13 because my parents couldnt afford to get me a nintendo. From that day until I moved out I gave my check to my father and took an allowance. By then we were well off but I still continued to do so.
 
Andrew K. said:
You are mature enough if you understand you really don't need it thank you , my Dad taught me the same way.
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Thank You, and I wish more kids would realize it as I do.

akacaj said:
I don't want to start a flame here but who do you guys think you are to judge a 9 year old for having an iPhone? I grew up with nothing and I sure as hell will buy my son an iWhatever when he becomes 9. I work on 4 to 5 hours of sleep daily to make sure that I can give my son the world! Now if you cant appreciate that someone before them worked hard as hell to make sure their family gets what they want then you are either not a family man or don't understand the concept. My parents did the same for me, thats why I was born in the greatest country in the world.
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Giving your kids whatever they want only makes them spoiled. Not saying that it makes you a bad father or anything like that at all. But giving them whatever they want makes them dependent on you. So with that, I don't know how old your kids are, but I think the older they get the more they should count on themselves , rather their parents, and you giving them whatever they want surely does not make them independent amongst themselves.

samiwas said:
OK, not to start your unwanted flame war, but buying your kid whatever he wants does not make you a "family man"...especially if you are working all the time to provide said stuff. Spending time WITH your family makes you a family man. If given the choice between spending the day with my kid throwing some balls in the park or building a treehouse, or going to work so I can buy him an iPhone, I'm going to spend time with him.
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TOTALLY AGREE, kids may love when their parents buy them something nice, but will not actually love you for who you are if you don't spend time with them. Think of it from a business perspective. Time=money, well let's replace money with love, we get time=love. So the more time parents spend with their kids the more they will desire you and love you. Don't get me wrong though I'm not saying kids won't love you if all you do is buy them what they want, they'll definitely love you for your money, not for who you really are though.

Sorry if I offended anybody by this post, but I just think it's the logical way a parent-son/daughter relationship is supposed to work.

Like Samiwas said, it's just the way I think and you definitely don't have to agree.
 
All I can say is, that 9 year old is really lucky.. but I do respect every opinion about the parents here. Just don't spoil your kid too much, just my .02 cents
 
I guess it depends on where you live.

I see kids on the NYC Subways all the time. Funny, I don't think my 9 year old has the maturity for one, but the little straphangers are all over the place and need a phone to keep in touch with home.

Since that situation requires a Cell phone IMHO, I wouldn't see a problem with an iPhone. Beats buying an iPod and a phone.
 
samiwas said:
OK, not to start your unwanted flame war, but buying your kid whatever he wants does not make you a "family man"...
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i'm pretty sure he was just kidding... or mabey after reading his next post he isnt.

either way, it is his own fault for buying his kid whatever he wants, or getting people mad at him for lying about something a stupid parent would do.
 
All I am saying is that I see no difference between giving a kid an iPhone vs any other phone. Don't just assume that the kid is spoiled because he has an iPhone. If his father can afford it, thats great! The price of an object does not make a kid spoiled. The quantity of objects and the giving on demand is what spoils kids as they have no concept of the value of money. That is something that they learn later in life because no matter what you do as long as they live under your roof they will not understand it.

The theory behind my madness is that I don't think you should train your kids to think that they cant have everything. This is America, you can have anything you want! Think Obama!

How old was the kid that first hacked the iPhone? I believe he was 12? You think he would have done that if he had no experience with computers/gadgets?
 
I can see the tantrum now... Daddy I want an iPhone... (cue tantrum when he says no)

And then just like 75% of American kids, the tantrum works and the 9 y/o walks out with an iPhone...

I see the "American tantrum" on a daily basis... We spoil our kids WAY too much compared to kids in other countries... This in turns creates a complete lack of respect for anything any everyone...

End of rant...

I work in a profession where I witness this on a daily basis...

edit - I agree with the above post somewhat when considering the value of the phone, but kids need to learn that just because its America, they CANT have everything. Humilty comes with not getting everything you want... How many spoilt kids do you know that still say please or thankyou?

barely any American kids do full stop...

My kids will work for exclusive items like that... even at 9 they can do the dishes, and vacuum.
 
Mr. Giver '94 said:
You are seriously jealous of a 9-year-old...Wow... :rolleyes:

So what. I know plenty of kids that age with iPhones. What's it to you?

I'm 14 and I have an iPhone and all that other stuff. I take care of it and enjoy using it. I would say I'm more mature than most kids my age.
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I too am a 14 year old with an iPhone :D When I had my job I used to pay for most of my stuff, now I can't buy much. Just about enough for food when I go out, lol... :rolleyes:
 
SFStateStudent said:
Gawd, he lives in a gated community in Trabuco Canyon, Orange County, California, and they have the highest gun ownership rate in probably California, if not the US. He's a whiz on his iMac. He gets shuttled everywhere by his parents and his neighbors, so the chances of his iPhone getting taken from him seem pretty slim...:eek:
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thanks for telling me where he lives

mwuuahahahahahah
 
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