This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of TracFone for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
When our kids were younger, they were always bugging us to get them a cell phone, and of course, we never got them a cell phone because 98% of parenting is making sure you tell your kids "no" the first 17 times they ask for anything in a given day. That teaches them that life is unfair and prepares them for a world in which people consider Michele Bachmann a serious candidate, and also saves money.
What we DIDN'T have when the kids were younger were Tracfones -- which might have changed the context of that debate. Tracfone is, from what I can see, the lease expensive possible way to own and use a cell phone in America -- no contracts, no credit checks, no charges to start up or quit, and a variety of plans that you can choose from, ranging from "pay as you go" with online payment options to 1 year service cards that get you 800 minutes for $119,
Tracfones are brand-name phones: Motorola, LG, Samsung, among others, and you can get the expensive Bluetooth®-enabled "Smart" phones if you want, but they also have simple phones starting at $10, which is great for parents who have said "no" often enough and are now required to say yes -- because for under $30 a month and just $10 for a phone, you can get your kids that cell phone and they can be happy and also keep in touch with you.
That was the big thing we were missing with our kids: keeping in touch. We'd say "call when you get there," or "call if you're going to be late" and they of course knew that they could work us over with the cell phone deal. "I couldn't call because I wasn't near a phone," Oldest would say. But Tracfone would get away from that. We could've signed Oldest up for one of plans and gotten double minutes for the life of the phone, and then taken away that excuse (leaving her with only 348 other excuses why she was late.)
I think their phones might be best for even younger kids -- you can get a phone with a full keyboard, mp3 players, web access, and camera and video, for under $30, so many features they won't know what to do with them all , and you parents of tweens can invest very little and get a lot in return -- plus your kid can keep in touch, letting you know that soccer practice ran long and saving you a lot of waiting time.
Even real TracFone customers customers back me up on what a great deal this is:
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And real TracFone customers, like this one:
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know what they're talking about -- so why not join them and get your kid that cell phone she's always wanted ?
You can always say "no" to a bunch of other stuff to restore the balance of power.
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