Sometimes life seems like a stream of stress after stress, especially when you own your own business, have kids, or are just living on planet earth. In this episode I share one simple way that AI helped take a little bit of stress out of my life. A stress, that turned into a wonderful connection with my daughter. Me laughing, and her rolling her eyes with a smile.

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• We just got a flip phone for my 14 year old daughter, and this is her first. I would like your help creating a parent / child contract. She will need to charge her phone in my office, or another place we designate. She will need to surrender her phone if for ANY reason we require her to do that. She needs to get approval for any new contacts that she can call and text. It needs to be clear that we own the phone, and it is not owned by her. Right now we are responsible for paying for the service. Include anything else you think is a good idea.
• Can you update it to Gen Y slang? (You probably want to do Gen Alpha)

 

Parent/Child Phone Contract

This contract is made between
Parent(s):
Child: 

This contract lays out the terms for using ________________ flip phone. The goal is to keep things chill, responsible, and respectful. We (the parents) are handing over this phone to keep in touch and for safety, but let’s be clear — it comes with boundaries.

1. Phone Ownership Vibes

• The phone is ours. Full stop. ________________ can use it, but it’s not her property. She knows it’s a loaner, not a keeper.

• We’re footing the bill for the phone service, but we can change things up (or cancel) if needed.

2. Charging Location

• The phone has to be plugged in and charging in Dad’s Office by 8pm. No charging in your room. That’s a hard no.

3. Phone Confiscation

• If we ask for the phone, hand it over — no buts, no cap. This could be for breaking rules, punishment, or just because we need it.

4. Contact Check

• All new contacts need a parental green light before you can text or call them. This means no adding randoms without permission.

5. Stay Respectful, Stay Chill

• Only positive, respectful texts and calls are allowed. Bullying, being rude, or gossiping is an instant fail, and you’ll lose phone privileges.

6. No Phone During “Do Not Disturb” Hours

• The phone is off-limits during family meals, school classes, church, or after 8pm unless it’s an emergency or we give you the go-ahead.

7. Privacy? Not So Much

• Just a heads up, we have the right to check your texts, calls, and whatever else is on your phone whenever we feel like it. No secrets here.

8. Emergency-Only Hotline

• The phone is mostly for keeping it safe and staying in touch with family. It’s not for long chats or constant texting unless there’s a legit reason.

9. Lost or Broken? Your Problem

• If the phone gets lost or busted because you weren’t careful, you’ll need to help pay for fixing or replacing it. Lesson learned.

10. Basic Phone Rules

• No using the phone during school classes unless we say so, and don’t expect to be scrolling on social media or browsing the web. This is a flip phone — calls and texts only.

• This does not open the door for you to close your door. That means spending hours in your room texting or on calls is not what we are handing you here. You still need to ask us if you can have a phone call with your friends that are going to be longer than a few minutes. 

• This is a starter phone. We are testing the waters here. We reserve the right to change this contract based on what we learn. Your choices will determine when and if we will upgrade you to a “smartphone .

11. Expectations = Eye Roll

• Your performance at school will affect your access to the phone. We don’t expect straight “A’s”, but we do expect you to try, and turn in ALL your work. Knowledge is power, and we want you to graduate school, and head off into this world empowered to make it better.

• We love you, and God loves you even more. Consider having Him as your top contact every day. 

12. Consequences = Lame

• If you break these rules, expect the phone to be yeeted out of your hands for a while. The amount of time? That’s up to us.

Agreement

We’re all agreeing to these rules and will keep the vibe responsible and cool. No drama, no problems.

 

Parent(s) Signature: _________________________________________________________________
Date: ______________________

Child’s Signature: ______________________
Date: ______________________