Sounds like your son married wisely.
I’ve skimmed through the comments here, and noticed some FReepers say she was stupid not to sell the phones over the Internet. The same Internet she’s trying to take away from her disobedient disrespectful children.
Are my husband and I the only ones who cheered when Maureen O’Hara helped John Wayne throw the money in the fire in The Quiet Man? Sometimes, it really is the principle of the thing. There are some things you can’t put a price on.
No, you're not. The grand gesture is worth the cost.
In the first place why did she buy them Iphones?
Growing up in another era where all you had were land lines we didn’t feel the need for such methods of communication. And we were limited to the in use the home phone time.
Parents had to know where we were going and when we’d be back and a phone number to call. Unless all we were doing was bike riding or roller skating up and down our block.
Dad or mom controlled the TV. We just turned the channels for them.