My 15 year old daughter wants a phone, how do I stop her complaining?
My 15 year old daughter has an iPhone, but she wants to make calls on it so she can talk to her friends. I think it's great that she wants to talk to her friends but she can't pay for a phone because she's not old enough to get a job. I give her $5 a week for her allowance, so that's $20 a month. She can pay for a phone, but she complains that if she paid for her phone every month then she wouldn't be able to spend her money since it costs at least $20 a month to make calls on a phone. I told her she can work in the summer to pay for her phone, but she says that won't be enough money because she'd only be working in the summer and not all the time to keep up with paying for her phone.
Tell her that those are her only options, paying for the phone with the ideas you have given her and ceasing to complain but instead being grateful she has a phone in the first place.
Time to teach her how to budget her money.
You don't stop her from complaining, you allow her indignant rage to wash over her and shape her into the angsty teen volcano she is destined to become
Just tell her that a phone is not in the budget and have a budget (including her college education) ready to show her. (that is a period).
You do not owe her a phone all you owe her is food shelter and clothing. Sorry some budgets just do not warrant a cell phone. Just ask DR Phill.
Refuse to get one. No child needs one and if she won't sop whining you pop her right in the mouth and tell her that you are not getting her a phone since she doesn't need it
First of all, $5 a week for allowance is PITIFUL.
Second, I suggest you offer her a life lesson on work and give her the opportunity to WORK, meaning do extra things at home in the house or yard, to earn her phone.
Maybe you need to tell her she needs to be grateful for what she has or she won't have a phone at all
The fact that you give her an allowance is already a problem. You shouldn't give her money just because. She should have to work for money (and not by doing chores either. It should be expected of her to be responsible enough to care for the roof she's under. She's not gonna be paid to vacuum the apartment she's renting in the future), which is what you're trying to teach her. She can make calls by downloading apps that allow you to make calls from an actual phone number for free by earning minutes by watching advertisements. Another is she can borrow money from you but pay you back in payments when she has the money. It's a way to teach her about loans and bills. She could also start making making money in other ways besides getting a summer job like making and selling things online. It'll teach her a thing or two about business. She needs to understand that things aren't just going to be handed to her and if she wants the finer things in life she's going to have to work like everyone
BUY it. She'll stop complaining
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