challenge your mom to an mma fight
I’m glad my parents aren’t like this… Can’t say the same for my brother though 
. He’s pretty similar to your parent, he wants to know everything about what I do, when and how I do it and he just won’t leave me alone .
Well, I have a few reasons here.
- Businesses are becoming more reliant on the internet, making things far more complicated for those without a real phone. (this especially)
- Easier access to information that may be vital (stuff like schedules and locations as an example)
- More mobile communication
- A lot of quality of life things
Frick, I don’t even want a phone, yet I know I have to because I know life is going to be far harder without it. Your mother is basically harming you with how she’s holding you back, you gotta try to get that through her.
no wonder she has a fiance and not a husband bro
I mean a solid reason could be that getting something dogshit could be just tell your child “hey, I don’t give enough shits about you to give a real phone, take this and fuck off” and just make you resent them. Another is being bullshitted by either receiving something you dont want or just given what seems like dogshit makes a child resent their parents.
I know there’s some truth in those statements, because I absolutely resent and despise my parents partially because of shit like this.
Broski 15 year olds would not take that
Look up gabb jailbreak tutorial 
this Gabb phone is so niche that there’s literally almost nothing on the internet
everything that is online has been patched by now because it’s almost 3 years old
Well that’s a real Gabb in the face
Fr tho that sucks I’m sorry about that
Do you know any trusted adult that you can talk to about this? Like, other relatives, maybe teachers? If not, do you know anyone else, like a friend group that you can talk to about this issue?
The best solution I can think of is to reach out to any connections you have outside of family, ones that you fully trust and would obviously not tell on your mom. Support networks are crucial, reach out to anyone if possible.
All I can think of is my school counselor… I’m kind of a lonely person irl 
Oh, thats actually a pretty good start tho. Ive talked to a School Counsellor about problems before. Thats still a solid one, I was gonna suggest it, but your school is obviously different from mine, so I wasnt sure if it worked the same.
As far as Im aware, School Counsellors arent required to tell parents when you talk to them (unless its a situation where it seems like you are in any kind of danger to yourself).
At least, its worth a shot.
Oh yeah, if this is your first time talking to the Counsellor, you can also ask the other teachers about how things work (or ask the Counsellor themself), if you wanna be certain (since things might work differently at your school)
Nah I’ve used the counsellor before
I don’t know the extent of how this child phone works but maybe you can use your limited computer time to learn to jailbreak it or something. Like install another OS on it and turn it into an actual phone.
Why not you do some sort of save money, you can buy the cheapest phone you ever know. Saving some of your daily pocket money could work too. No need to go crazy with saving money tho. Saving 1$ for each day is already enough as you could already able to save like 30$ for a month.
You could buy some snacks at any store, and then resell them to your classmates at school, with you making the price just a tiny higher. Even better if you could cook food/snacks by yourself at home, wrap it up, and then sell it at school or anywhere place you think you could do the selling. (without your parent knowing about it of course)
Basically, it’s like a small business. It can be a bit tricky but nonetheless very fun as myself has already done these with Mom before :DD
Do not underestimate with how little money you are able to make for a day. Trust me, the money you have saved will grow and grow a lot as you keep continue it.
But if my idea just now doesn’t work, I suppose you go with word then.
- Whatever your ambition job is, you can tell them that your ambition job do requires a REAL phone
- Nowadays, phones are REALLY important to bring everywhere because most daily tasks are now require a real phone. For example, I noticed that most places have a QR code on any wall, to provide easy access to online information, to purchase grocery items and even automatic check marks for attendance records (mostly at a workplace).
- If your parent is the type of “When did I say you allowed to rest, go study” blah blah y’know, tell them a real phone will help you in studying. Phones have access to many online educational resources, e-books, and learning platforms.
- Phones allow you to manage emails and professional communications on productivity and organization, which again is essential for many jobs.
- I did a little research on this stupid kid phone you have right now, and apparently, it seems this Gabb phone doesn’t have any app for banking money thingy.
well, it makes sense since it’s designed for kids You can tell them it’s for your future bank account. Mobile banking apps allow you to manage your finances, transfer money, and pay bills conveniently.
That’s all I could think of for now. If you want more, you can just use and ask ChatGPT to make a list of it or anything you need y’know. :PP Sorry if my English is broken, and sorry if I was yapping fckery nonsense sht and it doesn’t help you in any way lol. Whatever happens, I really wish for you all the best.
That’s not even true with smartphones since they’re a little dependent on how many years of software and security updates they get, when even 7 years of updates is viewed as generous, so anywhere near 90 is ridiculous. That argument would’ve only made sense if they got one of those old school phones that don’t have smart features like flip phones.
Also, there’s a good chance Gabb doesn’t make their own smartphones and instead buys an existing smartphone and does a software overhaul, which might (and this is a big might because I dunno how the logistics behind this work for certain) make the Gabb phone more expensive than the regular smartphone with all the normal features and stuff already built in.
I absolutely hate parents who think that their child needs to earn their respect but they themselves must be respected immediately and disagreeing with them in the slightest is considered disrespect.
My own parents aren’t like this but I used to have teachers who acted like this (at least they had no control over what went on at home)
I have two ideas that might help or at least give you more options
Firstly, when making a list of reason as to why they should give you a proper phone, get more than you need and don’t say all of them at once. That way you have additional points you could make that can extent the argument and make it seem like you could keep talking for much longer. Arguments usually end when one person doesn’t have anything left to say so saying everything right at the start may not work (given the amount of “disrespect” that asking them to treat you fairly will bring, it will likely become an argument)
The second is one that I wouldn’t normally recommend: Guilt tripping
Tell them that they hate you, and if they try to deny it, tell them to prove it.
(also if their counterpoint is that they raised you, which is a classic “prove that you are superior to your child” move, remind them that they were legally obligated to and that it means nothing)
If they don’t deny that they hate you, you should definitely tell someone who isn’t their child. (you said the phone can take pictures, if it can record videos too, try to record them saying it) If you can get an adult to inform them that that is not the sign are not being good parent and are instead signs of someone who wants power over someone, it might change something.
Also if that fails you may want to get good at lying. If you are coming up with excuses, think about them carefully (even slowly changing how you act so that a certain good excuse will be believable in the future) and make sure to remember them.
Also make sure to stay confident when questioned, overprotective parents are often like that because they assume that you are doing something bad when they aren’t looking, therefore it will be assumed that you have been doing something bad.
I can’t really think of any other things right now since I haven’t dealt with overprotective parents myself and the only thing I ever really did against any sort of adult trying to feel superior was to hiding under a table and lying.
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