These days, young people are going to be on cell phones, no matter what happened back when you were younger. This is a different time, and kids today expect cell phones. But of course, kids today are also way more entitled than any other generation of kids has ever been. A lot of this latest generation just expects their parents to give them everything that they could possibly want, without especially caring how much it may cost. Your expenses are usually transparent to your kids, which is good for your self-esteem (because you can provide well for them), but bad if it ends up spoiling them. However, with a pre paid phone, you can teach your kids to be a good deal more responsible.
Kids are not naturally very responsible. They have to learn responsibility through actually doing things that need to be done. While this obviously means that they should have chores and an allowance, another great way to teach them to be responsible is to hook them up with their own pre paid cell phone. The great thing about prepaid cell phones is that they allow kids to become more responsible, both for keeping their phone in a place where they can find it, and for making certain that they can take care of the bill themselves. Simply put, if they cannot pay for the phone, they cannot text their friends all day long.
Another great thing about having a pre paid cell phone is that your kids can not randomly run up your bill. After all, if they are on your plan, what they end up charging to it ends up coming back on you in the end. While this is all fun and games to them, this can represent a huge expense for you. Unless you really want to suddenly have to pay a few hundred extra, a pre paid phone can be a very good idea.
