Dear Queenie,
My daughter used to be a good student but since we gave her a cell phone for her birthday her grades have been dropping. Her teacher says she doesn’t pay attention in class and half the time she doesn’t turn in her homework and when she does it's not as good as it used to be.
Queenie, should we take her cell phone away?—Worried mother
Dear Mother,
Not quite yet.
First, tell your daughter that having a cell phone is a privilege that depends on paying attention in school and keeping up her grades. Then see if matters improve. If they do not, then, yes, take the phone away until they do.
