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Ok, Both of my kids have birthdays soon. My daughter turns 13 June 26th and my son turns 4 on July 4th. My daughter turning 13 means something BAD. It means that I have dodged the "I want a Cell Phone" issue a long time and my time is up. A couple years ago, I said, "when you turn 13, we’ll get you a cell". I still don’t think its needed for kids that age, but its becoming the norm and I don’t mind having her off my phone line.

Here is the deal for Brittney:

• Prepaid $29.99 Plan ( comes with 200 min a month, after that she pays! )
• Phone is left on my desk before we leave for school!
• Lose it and you are done

BTW, I am setting her up with a Pink RAZR with Cingular Go prepaid service.

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