Reply #14: I Have Noticed

[RobinA]

that kids who are in constant cell phone contact with parents don't learn how to solve problems quite as well. I'm talking teens. The minute something happens they are on the phone to Mom and Dad. I'm all for calling in a dangerous situation, but if something goes mildly awry or doesn't work out as planned...deal with it.

This weekend I was at a picnic with my cousins and one of their kids - 17 yrs and on a date - kept calling to say what he was doing. At this restaurant with these people, this person just left the restaurant, now they are going bowling, but this other person isn't going, etc., etc. WTF????? I can remember when I was 17 and on a date. Calling home to Mommy? I don't THINK so. And I was a relatively normally behaved kid.