Teens and Cell phones

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-26-2007
Teens and Cell phones
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Mon, 11-26-2007 - 7:44pm
My 16yr old wants a cell phone and I was thinking about pre-paid. Net10 sounded good to me. www.no-evil.net Anyone have a pre-paid or Net10. I thought it would be a good way to have her experience paying bills. Any thoughts?
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-16-1999
Mon, 11-26-2007 - 7:48pm
I had N on a pre-paid phone initially because I was afraid she was going to run away with all our minutes and wrack up super high bills.
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-28-1999
Tue, 11-27-2007 - 10:56am

I found that the prepaid phones are so expensive per minute that it's not really worth it unless you are one of those people (like my elderly mother) who only wants a phone for emergencies--most 16 yr olds want a phone to be able to call their friends.


We put our DDs on our family plan, which is only another $10 or so a month.

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-15-2006
Tue, 11-27-2007 - 11:40am

We also added the kids to our plan.

Suzanne
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-19-2003
Tue, 11-27-2007 - 11:44am

Personally I find plans are less expensive per minute, include more options like texting, free weekends/evenings etc. and often come with free phones and free phone upgrades after a certain time frame.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-08-2008
Tue, 11-27-2007 - 12:18pm

We have been fighting the battle of the cell phone, too.