As a Single Mother I Can Contact With My Daughters when They Are Not with Me

When my twin daughters turned fifteen years old I wasn't sure about starting to let go and allow them to hang with their friends more and not worrying when they had away games for Basketball and I couldn't go because of work or health reasons. Usually, they don't like to hang out because they have so much homework or don't like doing what their friends were doing, like underage drinking or having underage sex with their boyfriends.

Usually, the only reason they would not be home was because of their basketball schedule, they would be gone from the time school ended until almost 10pm at night depending on where their game was and if they went out to eat afterwards. Before getting them cell phones I would sit at home worrying if they were okay and if they would be home at a reasonable hour. Since buying their cell phones, it has taken a lot off of my mind as a single parent. Raising them alone, it gave me great peace of mind to know that if I needed to ask them when they would be home or where they were, I could either call their cell phone or text them either through my cell phone or the computer.

Usually I would text them through the computer since I did most of my work from a computer it was easier to text them through online instant message. With all of the modern technology now, it's almost impossible for parents to not know where their child or children are, my daughters cell phone is my babysitter when they are away from me. I realized it was time to get one when they had an away game an hour and half away and I had no way of knowing if they were okay or if they got their safely. Now I'm able to text them or call them and talk to them and know that they are safe and doing what they are suppose to be doing. Many parents lose their children because they give them too much freedom and don't check on their whereabouts. I took pleasure in knowing that I could call them out of the blue and make sure they were where they were supposed to be. Luckily my daughters are the type of children that respect their elders and want to work with me to make our lives much easier.

They call me when they are out just to tell me that they may be late or if they had to stay after school to finish work or a project and where they are going to be and even give me the number of the parents of friend whose house they were at without me asking. When they go run errands for me when I'm not feeling well they will call me when they got to the store or where ever I asked them to go just to tell me they got there safely. More parents should do this with their children; instead of allow the streets to raise their children. When I was growing up we had nothing like this not even close to having the technology we have today there is no way a parent can lose their children to anyone if they show their children that they can be trusted the child would show them the same respect.