Tag: phone use

My seven-year old daughter gets phone calls from boys. Uh oh. And I guess I thought this would happen so far down the line that I hadn’t really considered how to react to it. Luckily I’m not alone, and my more down-to-earth wife is my partner in figuring these things out, even though she too hadn’t thought about it prior to it actually happening. I think we were so concerned about her actually making friends that we didn’t realize what would happen when she did. And she has, the best of which just happens to be a boy.

First off, this kid is just as talkative as she is, which is quite a feat indeed, something I never thought existed in nature. When he calls here, they could go on for hours; and that brings me to the first rule we had to enact. When it was a school night we would only give them 20 minutes to talk, or however they wanted to spend the time. I say this last part because they will often make strange noises on the phone to each other. I have no idea if these noises have more meaning than simply noises, if they’re speaking Japanese to each other, or if something else is going on. But I have accepted it as a part of the conversation, and as such, part of the 20 minutes. Continue reading “Phone Reservations”