Vermont bill would ban cellphones for anyone under 21

[hunter]

43. In our extended family we were trying to hold out on cell phones until high school

By the time our youngest was in middle school it was true, just as they'd always complained, most of their friends *really did* have cell phones.

We gave our kids cell phones with limited texts and minutes and they hated that, but they mostly lived within their budget. The younger kids in our family can't even imagine that.

When I was a kid our family had one phone in the kitchen, and there was zero privacy.

On one college break I was home visiting, the kitchen was empty, so I decided to call my girlfriend... within seconds it seemed there were half a dozen people in the kitchen having some sudden business there, including my grandma who was living with my parents at the time.

My wife is the only girlfriend I ever brought home to my parents. My own kids were never so shy.