She has proven that she can be responsible, and she has saved up her allowance, and she even cooked dinner a few nights ago to surprise you and remind you what a wonderful parent you are. You have decided that it is time to grant your daughters request for a cell phone.
With your keys in hand you consider whether to tell her you are going cell phone shopping and invite her along to pick out her own cell phone or whether simply coming home in an hour and surprising her with a cell phone will be more amicable.
Teenage girls can be passionate about their cell phones, and she may appreciate being able to pick out the phone of her choice. If cell phone conversations have dominated the dinner table for the past two weeks, then you can be pretty sure that she knows exactly what she wants, how much it costs, and which accessories are a must have to accent her new cell phone.
However, if your teenage daughter has been discussing the necessity of a cell phone for the past few weeks, then she has probably already told you what she thinks is an acceptable cell phone. Running out and bringing her home the exact notion that she has in her head will make you super-parent...