How to Choose a Cell Phone Plan for Kids


by Natalie Aranda - Date: 2007-03-22 - Word Count: 409 Share This!

There are many things that a parent needs to consider when you are trying to decide what kind of cell phone plan to buy for your budding teenager. These considerations will probably include things like price, service, type of phone and its cell phone accessories, and what kind of plan a teenager from maybe thirteen to seventeen years old would really want.

The first thing parents usually worry about is that their child will be on the phone all the time and won't want to complete their homework or even want to go outside. This will be easily fixed with a low minute plan. All service providers such as Cingular or T-mobile have plans ranging from sixty minutes to five hundred minutes, all the way to unlimited minutes per month. These plans range in price as well from $29.99 all the way past a hundred dollars a month. Usually, kids don't need a plan over five hundred minutes because their social schedules should not be exceeding nine hours of talking a month. Also, most plans offered do have free nights and weekends so your kids can talk after they have finished their school work or during their days off.

In the aspect of cell phones, teenagers don't need expensive phones, but they will hate you if you get them the generic box that "couldn't be less cool." So to avoid such scorn, I would recommend a cheap phone that comes with the contract that won't cost more than a hundred dollars. Almost all wireless companies are offering the stylish RAZR from around twenty dollars at Cingular to seventy dollars at Verizon. These affordable phones are, of course, razor thin and have a variety of functions including mp3 capability, cameras, the option of a GPS system, and a variety of other options. Another advantage to getting cheaper phones like the RAZR, is the fact that you can find cheap cell phone accessories to go along with your teenager's new phone. Carrying cases, chargers, batteries, and Bluetooth headsets are only a fraction of the price of more expensive smart phones. Stylish cases are only around ten dollars and headsets that are usually over one hundred dollars can be bought at around forty.

It's understandable that parents would be hesitant to buy a cell phone for their kids, but it is a great tool if one gets into an emergency situation or just wants to call home to say that they'll be late for dinner.


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Natalie Aranda writes about technology and family. There are many things that a parent needs to consider when you are trying to decide what kind of cell phone plan to buy for your budding teenager. These considerations will probably include things like price, service, type of phone and its cellular phone accessories, and what kind of plan a teenager from maybe thirteen to seventeen years old would really want. Another advantage to getting cheaper phones like the RAZR, is the fact that you can find cheap cell phone accessories to go along with your teenager's new phone.

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