Does anyone else remember having to make collect calls to their parents when it was time to pick them up after-school? I can remember yelling loudly in the phone before the operator asked them to ask/deny the call. Where have those days gone? Ah yes…they have gone to the world of cell phones. Don’t get me wrong, I love mine, but I’m 38, not 7.
I wrote about this all for my weekly post for Omaha World Herald’s parenting site, Momaha – click here to read. Also, they’d love to hear your thoughts – feel free to share at the end of the post.
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One of my students just asked me “What’s collect calling?” They’re in the 11th grade. OUCH.
Oh man, that’s harsh!
I remember the days of “oops sorry I couldn’t call home because I ‘lost my quarter’”…
Ah yes, I used that excuse many a night!