I’m always reading about my friends traveling for fun and business and I feel myself wanting to travel more too. In October I went to New Jersey. It was the first time that I have traveled in a long time. I even got to see snow!
On my travel agenda is to attend two business conferences one in Austin and the other in Vegas. And also to visit my cousin (and best friend) in New Jersey – again – but this time I want to take my kids. They have many cousins they haven’t seen since they were little or that they have never met. I am in love with state, even more so after my recent trip. NJ has so much character compared to boring Florida. The fall leaves are of course the most enticing part. My dad would disagree, but he doesn’t read my blog so that doesn’t matter.
The thought of traveling with 4 kids – alone – kind of gives me a big headache, but not enough to deter me, at least not yet. You would think traveling with two teens (mind you, one that will be 20 in a few weeks) and an 11-year-old wouldn’t be so hard but they argue – a lot. On another note, the down side to planning a trip out of state is that I need a judge’s permission to take my nephew with us. To think anything would be easy is rather humorous. [click to continue…]
In my last post Cellphones for the Whole Family I wrote, “What is the appropriate age for Facebook but that’s a whole other post for another day.” It’s another day and here is that post.
My son is eleven and he want’s his own Facebook. I’m reluctant to do so and as such I haven’t… yet. My daughter is 17 and her Facebook is set up with my email address so I see all of her comments etc. She’s turning 18 soon and I know that will come to an end (if she remembers that is, shhh). I can easily do this same method with my son.
I guess my thing is where do we draw the line? He seems so young to be doing these things and yet I work in an industry of social media and affiliate marketing. Google is a common household word around here. Perhaps I am just fighting against the grain?
What are your thoughts? How old were your children when you let them have their own Facebook account? What measures do you take to keep tabs on it? I would love your thoughts and feedback.
With the many different cell phone types, data plans and mobile carrier companies to choose from, getting cell phones for the whole family doesn’t have to be a complicated process these days. But a common question is, how old is old enough to get a phone?
The Magic Number: 10
I have three children, my youngest is eleven. At about eight-years-old he started asking (aka begging) to get his own cell phone. My first instinct was to tell him no way, you’re too young. It was about a year or so later that I caved and bought him his own cell phone. The thing is, to be honest, when I did finally make the decision to get him his own phone it was more about me and less about him. It makes keeping in contact with him throughout the day that much easier on me.
Trying to explain his new phone to him was comical for me, not him. Within minutes he knew how to navigate his shiny new phone and he was out the door. That is, until he wanted to know “what is a data plan?” He further explained that his friends at school said he needed this and he needed that and they said he couldn’t get that but should get this… You know how the story goes, friends are always more wise than parents. [click to continue…]
I’m always reading about my friends traveling for fun and business and I feel myself wanting to travel more too. In October I went to New Jersey. It was the first time that I have traveled in a long time. I even got to see snow!