| There are many things that a parent needs to | | | | expensive phones, but they will hate you if you |
| consider when you are trying to decide what kind | | | | get them the generic box that "couldn't be less |
| of cell phone plan to buy for your budding | | | | cool." So to avoid such scorn, I would recommend |
| teenager. These considerations will probably include | | | | a cheap phone that comes with the contract that |
| things like price, service, type of phone and its cell | | | | won't cost more than a hundred dollars. Almost all |
| phone accessories, and what kind of plan a | | | | wireless companies are offering the stylish RAZR |
| teenager from maybe thirteen to seventeen | | | | from around twenty dollars at Cingular to seventy |
| years old would really want. | | | | dollars at Verizon. These affordable phones are, |
| The first thing parents usually worry about is that | | | | of course, razor thin and have a variety of |
| their child will be on the phone all the time and | | | | functions including mp3 capability, cameras, the |
| won't want to complete their homework or even | | | | option of a GPS system, and a variety of other |
| want to go outside. This will be easily fixed with a | | | | options. Another advantage to getting cheaper |
| low minute plan. All service providers such as | | | | phones like the RAZR, is the fact that you can |
| Cingular or T-mobile have plans ranging from sixty | | | | find cheap cell phone accessories to go along with |
| minutes to five hundred minutes, all the way to | | | | your teenager's new phone. Carrying cases, |
| unlimited minutes per month. These plans range in | | | | chargers, batteries, and Bluetooth headsets are |
| price as well from $29.99 all the way past a | | | | only a fraction of the price of more expensive |
| hundred dollars a month. Usually, kids don't need a | | | | smart phones. Stylish cases are only around ten |
| plan over five hundred minutes because their | | | | dollars and headsets that are usually over one |
| social schedules should not be exceeding nine | | | | hundred dollars can be bought at around forty. |
| hours of talking a month. Also, most plans offered | | | | It's understandable that parents would be hesitant |
| do have free nights and weekends so your kids | | | | to buy a cell phone for their kids, but it is a great |
| can talk after they have finished their school | | | | tool if one gets into an emergency situation or |
| work or during their days off. | | | | just wants to call home to say that they'll be late |
| In the aspect of cell phones, teenagers don't need | | | | for dinner. |