Mom Has Son Sign 18-point Agreement for iPhone

[ashling]

Thirteen-year-old Greg Hoffman had been begging his parents for an iPhone all year. So on Christmas morning he was thrilled to find the object of his desire under the tree, but there was a catch.

The phone came with an 18-point set of terms and conditions that he had to agree to before the phone could be his. And the agreement did not come from Apple or the phone provider, it was from his mother.

"Merry Christmas! You are now the proud owner of an iPhone. Hot Damn! You are a good & responsible 13 year old boy and you deserve this gift," the agreement begins. "But with the acceptance of this present comes rules and regulations."

The first rule on his mother's list: "It is my phone. I bought it. I pay for it. I am loaning it to you. Aren't I the greatest?"

http://abcnews.go.com/US/massachusetts-mom-son-sign-18-point-agreement-iphone/story?id=18094401#.UOpF7nfP_sM

[Angry Dragon]

1. Heard about it on the radio

good mom

[neighbor]

2. Greg's mother sounds involved without being overbearing.

This is good.

[pipi_k]

3. Saw this on Facebook...one respondent

said she would just have told her mom to keep the phone.

Don't know how old she is, but she didn't sound much older than 21 or so.

Anyway, that's the breaks, kids. Until you get a job and pay for your own damned phone, it belongs to your parent(s). Follow the rules or lose your privileges.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. the comments.... the stupid. it burns.