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I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan

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Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan

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this is a very popular south korean snack! https://www.theramenrater.com/tag/ppushu-ppushu/

Name directly translates to "break it break it". For some reason author didn't bother finding out.

That's a pretty ancient review... With two little kids I don't always have time for research on every variety which I'd like to do. Apologies...

Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan

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Doesn't he know there are parental control apps? (Although my 10 year old figured out how to bypass those in a matter of days each time I closed the previous bypass-hole... and that was using a rooted OS I could SSH into. So maybe not so effective.)

Using parental controls is a great way to get kids to become hackers and learn to break said parental controls.

It made me change to linux. I'm glad for it.

Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan

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One party trick some people miss about me is that for a number of years I carried around an iPad mini (with cellular) in my front jeans pocket. It was my primary and only mobile device. It was somewhat more inconvenient than a smaller phone, but not by as much as one would expect it to be. Having its bigger screen was an advantage in many situations though. I downsized to a large phone a year ago (partly because Appl…

What was the party trick?

My main device used to be a cell-enabled Galaxy tablet. I would make calls over cell internet with Google Hangouts. It's big but it fit in my back pocket so I loved to just randomly pull it out and pretend I was taking a call. People who hadn't seen it before we're usually astonished, "Holy shit dude, that's a huge phone!"

I guess not everybody had seen a tablet at that time, circa 2013 or so, and it worked almost every time. That was my party trick.

Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan

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Doesn't he know there are parental control apps? (Although my 10 year old figured out how to bypass those in a matter of days each time I closed the previous bypass-hole... and that was using a rooted OS I could SSH into. So maybe not so effective.)

*she

Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan

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I've used a burner phone exclusively for ~6 months because of lack of financial funds. I loved that thing. Crystal clear calls, and while my fiancee had to recharge her smartphone every night I almost got to 2 weeks without charging and almost forgot that you actually have to charge it. It's a certain feeling of freedom. Unfortunately they don't run Slack so I just got an old S4, bought a huge aftermarket battery for it and optimized the kernel for energy saving and now I can still go 4-5 days in standby. Battery life is like drugs.

Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan

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Sweeping generalization is sweeping. Not even 50 here.

39, never used WhatsApp.

You wouldn't get a message from me.

I no longer get any minutes or texts with my mobile plan - data only is half the price, and I've never met anyone without WhatsApp.

Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan

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A week long punishment is pointless. A child's perception of time means a ten minute punishment is as effective (probably more effective) than a week long punishment.

When they’re small, maybe. But once they’re at an age where the device represents a portal to social engagement, I find a complete weekend-and-next social cycle basically approaches infinity in their eyes. A week is usually sufficient, but there’s been times where two is necessary. However, each of my kids differ with effectiveness of different punishment types.

No, even when they're 15.

That shirt ten minute time out tells them that their behaviour is wrong and needs to be fixed. It's tied to the actual behaviour that needs to be fixed. It prevents an argument spanning a week.

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A week long punishment is pointless. A child's perception of time means a ten minute punishment is as effective (probably more effective) than a week long punishment.

It's punishment for a 12 year old not a 2 year old...

My advice holds for anyone up to the age of about 18.
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