How do I convince my parents to buy me a phone??

Question

Hello, I am 13 years old and my name is Ellie. My mom refuses to let me get a phone! My dad is okay with it but my mom refuses every time I ask her. I do extracurricular activities, and she has been late more than once. I wait outside by myself with nobody there, I keep telling her this is dangerous, but she still says no! At this point, we get into fights and now I honestly think she's doing it just to prove something to herself that she can parent right or whatever. I am so responsible with everything I do! I am a straight A student and good at sports. I do what they ask, and am never demanding. I have younger siblings, and I am forced to babysit them, too. I know for a fact they are not struggling financially, my siblings get expensive toys all the time! And for goodness sake, I got such expensive stuff for Christmas which I am grateful for over the moon. But that's not the point. I am the only one without a phone, and I am so left out. I am starting to get teased for it and I can't talk to my friends. They won't even get me a flip phone for crying out loud! I can only talk to 2 people I know who have emails, but I didn't even get an email till I turned 13!! I am so left out, and I can't even talk to my closest friends who have moved away. I'm very sad, so please help!

Comments

Hi, my advice for you would be ask your Dad to talk to your Mum about it.  Or I am pretty sure you can get safety features on your phone and you also could put together a really good presentation about why you should get a phone. It might just work :)

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my advice : ask ur dad and do extra chores also try make ur mom happy :D

Answer 1

so, i know i'm a bit lucky, i got a phone at 10, but, i got it taken away several times.

i wasa straight A student, good at sports and obeyed every order, and so i used that. i got my phone and im like: "why continue being a goody-goody now that i have what i want!?"

well. i proved to my parents i wasnt ready, flash forward two years, i have a phone now.

you cant convense them, every parent has different rules, but...

have you told them why you need it?

have you told them how important it is to you?

do you feel like your being mistreated?

or do you feel like it's just because your parents want you to be safe?

having a phone means getting random calls from strangers, you have access to the world-wide-web, and let me say, i have been hacked and all my private info has been leaked a couple times. now, some rando in Ohio has my number and my e-mail address.

i think it's fair for you to have a phone, but just put yourself in your parents shoes for a minute.

wow. that was loooong. sorry bout that! 

-Joel/Worm

Comments

I know in iOS, there’s a setting and you can disable phone calls from people not in your contacts (or haven’t interacted at least once for people not in contacts).

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And also, in iOS (I don’t really have knowledge of Android settings, my speciality is Apple stuff), there’s a setting in Screen Time, and you can block adult websites or have a list of sites you can visit (and all others are blocked).

And KidzTalk is on the World Wide Web, so…

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