6 Essential Cell Phone Rules for Teenagers to Follow

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Your teenage child is demanding for a cell phone upgrade? So, what have you planned? Are you buying an iPhone for your child now? If it is your child’s first smart phone and your child is already a cell phone freak, you need to set some really strict phone usage rules for your child to make sure that nothing goes wrong or takes an unsafe turn.

Below are the cell phone rules for teenagers that will ensure right cell phone activities.

#1 No texting, chatting, calling, playing game, or surfing the Internet on the dinner table

Kids keep texting, chatting, net surfing and playing games on their cell phones and when they have smart phones, all these activities go double than the usual. So, an average kid keeps playing around with the phone like a sweet and addictive toy all through the day if there isn’t any restriction. What annoys the most is the habit of using the phone when the whole family is having dinner at the dinner table. In most families it is the only time when all the members get to be together and talk about how their day was like and if kids keep playing games or continue chatting, it really disrupts the entire environment. Best is to make a rule that nobody uses cell phone while dining.

#2 No cell phone to bed

Chatting for long hours often lead kids to text and chat late at night which not just interrupts the sleep but destroys the entire sleep pattern. And if your child stays awake for long hours at night, it is normal to find the kid to be sluggish, moody, and lazy next morning. This will badly affect your child’s studies, games and other activities. And not to forget health concerns, a bad sleep at night can lead to really bad health of the kid. Simply make a rule that phones are to be switched off before going to bed.

#3 All entertainments and useless communication on hold while studying

Can you imagine your child studying well with cell phone in one hand and books in the other or with home-assignments open on the email on the desktop computer? Sounds kind of impossible, right? Yes, it really is impossible; don’t expect your child to study well and hard when cell phone is blinking with new messages and Viber or Whats’app notifications. Disallow all kinds of entertainment agencies or devices including the cell phone when it is the time to study.

#4 The phone won’t go with you to school or the classroom

Most schools don’t allow the kids to bring cell phones with them; whereas some of them allow the devices but only to be deposited at the office or kept in the student’s locker till the classes are going on. But some kids can be really mischievous and create nuisance in the classroom by simply carrying their digital devices secretly. Make sure to check your child’s school bag for any such secret plans. If your child’s school has no issue with kids carrying phones, it will be alright but you still need to follow a rule that your child won’t be using it while inside the classroom.

#5 No cell phone use while driving

Sad but true, older teens are most accident prone than a person of any other age. Make sure your child doesn’t use cell phone while driving. Not just making call or replying a text message proves fatal, even replying a voice call that hardly takes a few second is dangerous. Your eyes go slightly derailed from the road in the front and mind goes a bit distracted and your vehicle will be all set to crash into somebody in a most dramatically dangerous way. Make a really strict rule and make sure your child follows it fine.

#6 Phone number shouldn’t be shared publicly or passed to strangers

Kids often publish their phone numbers and other contact details on the Internet through various social media platforms; this then leads them to trouble. Internet is full of predators and other criminals, always ready, to victimize an innocent kid and when they get hold of contact details, it gets easier for them to fulfill their aim. Educate your child about all the dire consequences of sharing contact with strangers and make it a rule that nobody in the family will be publicizing contact details or share them publicly.

Once you have set the rules, make sure to keep an eye on your child to make sure that the rules are really being followed! Best way to do this is to use parental monitoring software for child mobile phone and other digital devices that will let you know about each and every activity taking place on your child’s phone. So, you’ll be able to make out if your child breaks the rule and gets into any kind of nuisances!

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