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I never thought about putting a phone in a child's room as a safety measure. In our family, the children are not allowed to have computers, telephones, televisions, and the like in their rooms. Mr. Cookiedough and I figure that if we put all that in, the kids will live in their rooms instead of with the rest of the family. Also, we closely restrict and supervise the use of those items.

The children think we are throwbacks to another time, because many of their friends have rooms which lack only a kitchen to be called separate apartments.

We have a fairly large house, and the only telephone is in the kitchen. We have two computers -- the one that is hooked up to the internet is in the den. Our only television is in the living room.

I am saying this only to point out that some people who can otherwise afford more stuff choose not to have it because of their personal beliefs and lifestyle.

Now that you bring up phones as a safety measure, I am going to find the extra phone and put it in my bedroom. Good idea.

Yes, this is how my family is. When I was growing up, there wasn't money for phones, etc in every bedroom, so we had to hang out in the family room or kitchen together. And my married brothers and sisters pretty much follow the same pattern. We all have money and could afford to put a phone, and a computer and a TV in each child's room, but my sister says she would never see her children. And she likes to keep an eye on what the kids are watching on TV and the Internet.