[JanH]

Grandma should not be telling you how to raise your kid. Or doing things that you don't agree with. If you ask for advice, that's one thing. But not asking what you have decided for YOUR child is another. Sheesh, you might not have the money to help him out if he gets in trouble with it. Not only that, a cancellation of the service hurts like crazy. We had to do that once on a bad service. However, I do think that a phone of some kind is valuable with teenagers. Safer. But it should be on YOUR terms since it is your child.