"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in
news:elmop-607BC9.20153311052008@nntp9.usenetserver.com:

> In article <2_SdnTJddYm5FbrVnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> "Michael N. Paris" <mparis27@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> > That doesn't answer why the girl doesn't pay for her own shit?
>> >
>> > Mom and Dad paying for her crack habit does nothing at all for her.
>> > Or them.
>>
>>
>> I pay for my daughters line on my at&t plan, $10 bux plus $15 for
>> unlimited data.
>
> And when she blows the entire month's minutes on day 2?
>
> Kids need to learn responsibility, and there's no better way than to
> make them buy their own cell phones and service.
>
> If you wish to make it a requirement that she have a working phone
> before she can go out with her friends, that's a separate subject.
> Huge incentive, actually.
>
>

Boy, I'm glad I'm not your kids.

What a hardass. If one of them breaks an arm, I bet they're afraid to tell
you for fear of their lives!