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Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Parental Enlightenment Kit

Your kids are begging you for a cell phone, right? How did I know... Oh, it's because that's all my 11-year-old talks about these days. It's back to school time, and I'm sure that 95% of the parents are having to listen to the incessent begging thanks to the 5% of parents that caved over the summer.

So if the peer pressure isn't enough to make you crazy, Virgin Mobile has come up with a web site that provides your kids with additional ammunition. They call it the Parental Enlightenment Kit. Lots of encouragement and materials, including a PowerPoint presentation, to fuel your kid's campaigning for the cell phone. (They call it the Pressure Point Presentation)

Hey, two can play at this game... The Families and Technology version of the Parent Enlightenment Kit, (in the way of previous posts where we discuss cell phone use by kids, and some of the common issues): here, here, here, and here.

You'll have to make up your own PowerPoint presentation though. I'm just going to stick to the no-word for now.

[Hat tip to YPulse]

posted by Mark Sicignano Permalink    

2 Comments:

  • At 11:00 AM, brettdl said…

    Wow, 11-years-old and already asking for a cellphone? Well, at least I have a few years before I have to make a decision!

     

  • At 11:08 AM, Mark Sicignano said…

    Yes, they seem to be starting younger and younger. It's scary. :-)

     

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