Comments on: If Too Much Texting Endangers Teens’ Health, Aren’t We All In Trouble? http://www.ypulse.com/if-too-much-texting-endangers-teens-health-arent-we-all-in-trouble Daily news and insight into the Millennial generation for media and marketing professionals Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aL http://www.ypulse.com/if-too-much-texting-endangers-teens-health-arent-we-all-in-trouble/comment-page-1#comment-9683 aL Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:05:35 +0000 http://www.ypulse.com/?p=9743#comment-9683 I love all these people who have all the answers and there lovely little kids are still in the pen. Well done for good parenting. Even better that they are educated, fairly independant from shopping trips and even know the transport system to grannies. Unfortuneately, many girls yearn to be liked and have a boyfriend, so its only a matter of time when some scrubbed up unworthy appears from out-of-town, lavishes a few hundred (probably way more) texts and well the wheels fall off the bus. Full focus and attention given to all the tempations of adulthood, rebellion moves into overdrive on all fronts. As for moderating the cell-phone, forget-it we have children with initiative, withdraw phone ! easy one everyone has old phones to lend out, plus £10 for a sim card with unlimited texts, hey its the backup all night phone...... Turns out bf never goes to school etc etc and once the facts spill out our daughter is the last hope to bring im' back on track. If only they put this amount off effort towards there schoolwork ! I love all these people who have all the answers and there lovely little kids are still in the pen. Well done for good parenting.
Even better that they are educated, fairly independant from shopping trips and even know the transport system to grannies.
Unfortuneately, many girls yearn to be liked and have a boyfriend, so its only a matter of time when some scrubbed up unworthy appears from out-of-town, lavishes a few hundred (probably way more) texts and well the wheels fall off the bus.
Full focus and attention given to all the tempations of adulthood, rebellion moves into overdrive on all fronts.
As for moderating the cell-phone, forget-it we have children with initiative, withdraw phone ! easy one everyone has old phones to lend out, plus £10 for a sim card with unlimited texts, hey its the backup all night phone……
Turns out bf never goes to school etc etc and once the facts spill out our daughter is the last hope to bring im’ back on track.
If only they put this amount off effort towards there schoolwork !

]]> By: Maria T. http://www.ypulse.com/if-too-much-texting-endangers-teens-health-arent-we-all-in-trouble/comment-page-1#comment-5730 Maria T. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:44:39 +0000 http://www.ypulse.com/?p=9743#comment-5730 I think texting is fine and is actually a very useful and practical tool...in moderation. Texting can have an adverse affect..say..for teens that stay up all night chatting away. That's why parents need to set control. Forget unlimited texting/minutes options. Go with prepaid where there's finite number of min. alloted. We went with Net10 - it's hassle free, no contract - 10cents/min for talking and 5c for texting. It's perfect for my 13 yr. old. I would buy additional minutes for her for good grades, etc.. This works for us. We never have to deal with the all nighter or crazy cell phone bill issue!While we're on the subject of cell phones..came across this..pretty funny stuff...check it out.. www.celldefense.com I think texting is fine and is actually a very useful and practical tool…in moderation. Texting can have an adverse affect..say..for teens that stay up all night chatting away. That’s why parents need to set control. Forget unlimited texting/minutes options. Go with prepaid where there’s finite number of min. alloted. We went with Net10 – it’s hassle free, no contract – 10cents/min for talking and 5c for texting. It’s perfect for my 13 yr. old. I would buy additional minutes for her for good grades, etc.. This works for us. We never have to deal with the all nighter or crazy cell phone bill issue!While we’re on the subject of cell phones..came across this..pretty funny stuff…check it out.. http://www.celldefense.com

]]> By: Charles Batchelor http://www.ypulse.com/if-too-much-texting-endangers-teens-health-arent-we-all-in-trouble/comment-page-1#comment-5009 Charles Batchelor Wed, 27 May 2009 20:26:54 +0000 http://www.ypulse.com/?p=9743#comment-5009 I'll agree "always on, always connected" is a problem in modern life, but from what I read on Ypulse and elsewhere, many parents need to get more involved with their kids, not less. (Yeah, there are the helicopter parents. They are the exception.) From our experience with parents with WuduPlz.com, we find it is not so much how much texting is done, but what is being texted. It was from our research and reading that we came up with WouldYouPlease.com, which we shortened to WuduPlz.com, for fun. Besides making life a bit easier, we're showing parents how to be the adults. (It's not easy, you know!) Although, let it be said, the vast majority of parents of teenagers and preteens do a good job parenting. YPulse tells me that, despite the issues, our kids are doing OK. WuduPlz tries to help the good parents be better (and make it easier) and the give the not-so-great parents a clue. I’ll agree “always on, always connected” is a problem in modern life, but from what I read on Ypulse and elsewhere, many parents need to get more involved with their kids, not less. (Yeah, there are the helicopter parents. They are the exception.)

From our experience with parents with WuduPlz.com, we find it is not so much how much texting is done, but what is being texted.

It was from our research and reading that we came up with WouldYouPlease.com, which we shortened to WuduPlz.com, for fun. Besides making life a bit easier, we’re showing parents how to be the adults. (It’s not easy, you know!)

Although, let it be said, the vast majority of parents of teenagers and preteens do a good job parenting. YPulse tells me that, despite the issues, our kids are doing OK.

WuduPlz tries to help the good parents be better (and make it easier) and the give the not-so-great parents a clue.

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