I’m not sure of all the facts of this case but I do know contrary to most parents I always taught my kids to earn cash as soon as possible. I grew up in a large poor family (although I didn’t realize it while growing up) to earn money where ever you could (legally of course.) I started at 12 with a paper route which I grew bigger and earned more money at 12.
I got my daughter her GOVERNMENT PERMISSION to work at 16 and she did and does good.
Having said that what if your child is 16+ or even earlier because we cut grass, racked leaves, shoveled at earlier ages and they bought their own phone?
I’m not so sure at that point I can, I know I couldn’t take it away.
If like most parents u paid for it, yep take away but others who earned it.. hmmm
I grew up in a well off family but was taught to work and earn money early on. I was given some farmland by my grandparents so I had income to pay for my medical expenses. By age 7, I had a checking account, paid taxes, paid my property taxes, put money in savings, paid my private school tuition, my medical expenses and my own books/entertainment. I also had to work all summer on their farm and learn how to run it. During the school year, I did not get an ‘allowance’, I got additional wages for helping at my parents jewelry store by doing banking, helping with the accounting starting when I was 10, cleaning the store, helping set up the showcases, setting watches, etc.
“I’m not so sure at that point I can, I know I couldn’t take it away.”
What a wussie. I will take away tablets (and I have SMASHED a tablet), phones, cars, anything else until they are 18 and moved away. If they used their own money they will eventually be compensated.
Well the facts are the key to this case. The headline is deliberately misleading.
It wasn’t his daughter claiming theft. It was his ex-wife who bought the phone claiming theft. She said she didn’t have a problem with him taking the phone away from the daughter as punishment, but felt he should have given it to her (the ex-wife), since she paid for it.
A much more logical and routine case than a dispute over children’s property rights.
WOW...that brought back a memory! I had completely forgotten that for my first real job, at age 16 as a fountain guy/delivery boy at a neighborhood Drug Store (much like young George Bailey except working for a coupla Gumba brother pharmacists), I had to go to the local Philly Dept of Labor office and get official government working papers.
WHAT? Not your daughter, but gubmint permission? Work? What's work?