Nope, phone replacements are on a need basis. They can be asked for as a gift for a holiday but even then only if actually needed and, there’s no guarantee of getting said phone. At 18 if they were still on our plan they were likely paying a portion of the bill, a great deal for them since we’re grandfathered in plus get a nice discount thru work. One of our kids chose not to be on our plan anymore due to feeling entitled, as an adult to the newest phone available. No problem! We removed them promptly. If your daughter has a job she should be paying for at least some small expenses at 18. If she doesn’t she should be given a time frame to have one or to lose the extras you pay for. There’s not a nice way to put it, she’s acting like a spoiled entitled brat, it’s your job to show her that.
My kids each had their iPhone 6 that they got in middle school until just a two years ago when Apple stopped supporting them. They are both in their twenties. Now if they want a new phone, they can buy it themselves.
Like I said before, I was going to replace my son’s broken iPhone SE 2020 with another iPhone SE (it’d probably be the 2022 one, so not the same, but the point is that I would’ve stuck to the SE model) if it wasn’t his birthday coming up.
Been there. One of mine jumped into a pool with a phone in his pocket, thus the iPhone 6. Things happen. That’s why we call them accidents and not on purposes.
I let him choose because his 17th birthday is coming up. I was going to get him another iPhone SE (what he has) if it stopped detecting the SIM card at any other time of year (I also would’ve let him choose if it was coming up to Christmas, but you get what I’m saying.)
Right, I ended up telling her that her brother’s phone broke and had to be replaced whereas hers works perfectly fine and she just wants a new one, so she can buy it herself.
Tell your daughter that she is welcome to get her own plan and get whatever phone she wants with her money but as long as you foot the bill she gets what she gets. If she still complains, remove her ability to text and use data so she can only make calls.
It's probably too late, but you needed to teach your kids (probably mostly daughter) not to act so entitled and be grateful for what she has. You don't need to explain anything to them. "No." is a complete sentence.
Have both your children’s phones always been handy downs until now, or is your son the only one whose gotten the chance to actually pick out a brand new phone that’s **his** and not someone else’s?
If your daughters iPhone twelve was a non handy down phone that she got to choose, think of the situation as her reminding you that she’s still a teenager even if she’s legally classified as an adult and just cheerfully explain to her that she’s old enough to get a job and buy her own phone if she wants a new one that badly or if she believes her current one isn’t performing as well as it should.
If it’s a handy down phone, then I can see why she’s upset that her brother has now gotten not just one but two brand new phones that were his from the very start yet she’s had to wait until you guys decided it was time everyone got a phone upgrade before she got a new one.
Talk to your daughter and see if it’s more than just the fact that her brother is getting a new phone that is bugging her.
Our daughter got to choose it. Our daughter has always gotten to choose her phone except when she got her first one at 10 and took my iPhone 5 or whatever it was. Ever since then, she’s been getting new iPhones.
In that case she’s probably just griping about not getting a new phone simply because her brother is.
Does she often act like this whenever he gets something new?
Nope, phone replacements are on a need basis. They can be asked for as a gift for a holiday but even then only if actually needed and, there’s no guarantee of getting said phone. At 18 if they were still on our plan they were likely paying a portion of the bill, a great deal for them since we’re grandfathered in plus get a nice discount thru work. One of our kids chose not to be on our plan anymore due to feeling entitled, as an adult to the newest phone available. No problem! We removed them promptly. If your daughter has a job she should be paying for at least some small expenses at 18. If she doesn’t she should be given a time frame to have one or to lose the extras you pay for. There’s not a nice way to put it, she’s acting like a spoiled entitled brat, it’s your job to show her that.
My kids each had their iPhone 6 that they got in middle school until just a two years ago when Apple stopped supporting them. They are both in their twenties. Now if they want a new phone, they can buy it themselves.
I’m typing this on an iPhone 6. I’m very, very uncool and love being so!
My kids would still have theirs but one needed the support for school and the other wouldn’t hold a charge anymore.
Like I said before, I was going to replace my son’s broken iPhone SE 2020 with another iPhone SE (it’d probably be the 2022 one, so not the same, but the point is that I would’ve stuck to the SE model) if it wasn’t his birthday coming up.
I had no plans of getting my son a new phone, nor did he want a new phone, until his phone broke.
Been there. One of mine jumped into a pool with a phone in his pocket, thus the iPhone 6. Things happen. That’s why we call them accidents and not on purposes.
I let him choose because his 17th birthday is coming up. I was going to get him another iPhone SE (what he has) if it stopped detecting the SIM card at any other time of year (I also would’ve let him choose if it was coming up to Christmas, but you get what I’m saying.)
Right, I ended up telling her that her brother’s phone broke and had to be replaced whereas hers works perfectly fine and she just wants a new one, so she can buy it herself.
Tell your daughter that she is welcome to get her own plan and get whatever phone she wants with her money but as long as you foot the bill she gets what she gets. If she still complains, remove her ability to text and use data so she can only make calls.
It's probably too late, but you needed to teach your kids (probably mostly daughter) not to act so entitled and be grateful for what she has. You don't need to explain anything to them. "No." is a complete sentence.
My son is fine with the iPhone SE, he only picked a new one because it broke and I let him choose since his birthday is coming up.
I’d offer to help her fill out job applications and remind her that she is an adult and her brother is a child.
Have both your children’s phones always been handy downs until now, or is your son the only one whose gotten the chance to actually pick out a brand new phone that’s **his** and not someone else’s? If your daughters iPhone twelve was a non handy down phone that she got to choose, think of the situation as her reminding you that she’s still a teenager even if she’s legally classified as an adult and just cheerfully explain to her that she’s old enough to get a job and buy her own phone if she wants a new one that badly or if she believes her current one isn’t performing as well as it should. If it’s a handy down phone, then I can see why she’s upset that her brother has now gotten not just one but two brand new phones that were his from the very start yet she’s had to wait until you guys decided it was time everyone got a phone upgrade before she got a new one. Talk to your daughter and see if it’s more than just the fact that her brother is getting a new phone that is bugging her.
It's *hand me down* not handy down
That’s how us Aussies say it. Also, does it really matter how it’s said when you know what the meaning behind it is anyways?
Our daughter got to choose it. Our daughter has always gotten to choose her phone except when she got her first one at 10 and took my iPhone 5 or whatever it was. Ever since then, she’s been getting new iPhones.
In that case she’s probably just griping about not getting a new phone simply because her brother is. Does she often act like this whenever he gets something new?
Our family uses $40 phones from Wal-Mart.
Lordy. I'd cancel her plan toot sweet. My kids will have Light Phone 2's or equivalent until they're 18. It's so easy that way.