Kerri W
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Post by Kerri W on Feb 15, 2016 16:38:01 GMT
Or am I just an ogre?!
DS10 has just gotten his first phone. We've had several snow days lately so he's had ample time to FaceTime his friends. Is it normal to FaceTime forEVER with each other? Like play games together, walk around the house on FaceTime, etc? My other kids didn't do this but FaceTime wasn't nearly as popular or didn't even exist when they were his age.
I feel like I'm being watched! lol
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Post by Drew on Feb 15, 2016 16:44:11 GMT
Yep, it's a thing. One time we virtually had my daughter's friend over for dinner. She was on face time at the dinner table. We set a place for her and included her in the conversation. It was quite fun for dd.
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Post by kellybelly77 on Feb 15, 2016 16:48:14 GMT
Yes! My 14yo and 11yo facetimes with their friends nearly everyday. They do their homework together, try out lip glosses together, watch videos on their ipads together while they facetime on their ipods. It's silly! But doing homework together like that has helped dd. She gets frustrated with me when I try to show her something but if her friend shows her over facetime, she gets it and is fine.
Even my 3yo likes to facetime. Mostly with her cousins, dh and dd1's friend who she likes. DH works a lot of overtime so we facetime with him so she can see him.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 15, 2016 16:48:26 GMT
My boys have used it, but weren't big on it. They prefer texting. Less personal.
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Post by disneypal on Feb 15, 2016 16:51:06 GMT
Yep - pretty normal.
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Post by bc2ca on Feb 15, 2016 16:57:01 GMT
DD and friends use Google hangout (I think that is what it is called). They are spread far & wide at different colleges this year and it has been great for keeping them connected. Neither of my kids did much with Facetime.
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trollie
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Post by trollie on Feb 15, 2016 16:57:59 GMT
Yep, it's a thing. One time we virtually had my daughter's friend over for dinner. Yep! Totally a thing. |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Feb 15, 2016 16:58:18 GMT
yep.. all.the.time.
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Post by hop2 on Feb 15, 2016 17:01:47 GMT
Well since I spent 'FOREVER' on the phone ( an hour was my limit but my father called it forever) with my best friend when I was in grammar school, I don't think it's all that odd. It was a huge deal when my bestie got a cordless phone and she would walk around talking to me till the battery was beeping. out in the driveway, playing with her dog etc.
Also my DD does this with her friends my DD is almost 19. DS who is 17 not so much he's a man of few words so it's texting and quick phone calls. Unless there is a physics lab to do then he will do that via FaceTime with his lab partner.
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Post by anxiousmom on Feb 15, 2016 17:17:17 GMT
My boys have used it, but weren't big on it. They prefer texting. Less personal. That pretty much sums up my boys.  |
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 15, 2016 17:36:12 GMT
My boys have used it, but weren't big on it. They prefer texting. Less personal. That pretty much sums up my boys. Boys are awesome. While I would have loved to have raised a girl, I know that my life was much less stressful in the drama department. My oldest, 21, will respond to my texts by texting back that his phone only receives texts from 6-7 a.m. Turd. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Feb 15, 2016 17:37:39 GMT
That pretty much sums up my boys. Boys are awesome. While I would have loved to have raised a girl, I know that my life was much less stressful in the drama department. My oldest, 21, will respond to my texts by texting back that his phone only receives texts from 6-7 a.m. Turd. |
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Post by leannec on Feb 15, 2016 17:48:22 GMT
Dd #1 who is turning 17 in a week doesn't use it as often as dd#2 who is 12 ... She is pretty much Facetiming her bff all evening after school even though they saw each other all day   |
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Feb 15, 2016 17:57:58 GMT
Very normal. DD(13) FaceTimes her friends all the time, and she has for several years (since they got iPods). They even set the phones next to the computer while playing online games together. I made a Facebook post with DD and her cousin a few years ago captioned, "This is what it means to play with your cousin now."
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Post by ntsf on Feb 15, 2016 18:02:30 GMT
I facetime my kid all the time...and I facetime my boss...I can never understand her on her phone... my dd lives 10,000 miles away so it is better than texting everything..though we text too.
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tduby1
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Post by tduby1 on Feb 15, 2016 18:03:01 GMT
Yes, it is normal and really isn't much different than my BFF and I used the phone when were teens. Just wandering around the house chatting while doing other stuff, sometimes not chatting while doing other stuff. It drove my parents normal and I can't help but roll my eyes when my daughter sets up her phone while she does dishes so her BFF can watch and comment and what not. She doesn't even hang it up when she showers. We have had to tell dd that it is rude to facetime her in the same room when we are all sitting around chatting or whatever and her friend can hear our conversations. We require a heads up for that.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Feb 15, 2016 18:14:08 GMT
When my son lives on the mainland and I am in Victoria he and I FaceTime every night for an hour or so. That doesn't mean we talk the entire time, but we have contact with one another and he is able to tell me about what's going on with him and I tell him little bits of what is going on at home. We do this just about every night sometimes more than once a day if it's on a weekend. Sometimes we are just quiet and are doing our own thing and he will say something every few minutes. It's just the presence that he needs. We have virtual dinner together when he is there. We say good night and he knows he can call me whenever he needs me. The first few weeks it was a few times a day. He is home right now on a co-op term but when he goes back he will call every night but for shorter periods of time. Then he might skip a night. It's perfect for us to remain in contact with one another!
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Post by janeliz on Feb 15, 2016 18:22:54 GMT
My 10 year old daughter's friend loves to FaceTime. My daughter was surprised to find out that this just involved the two of them sitting in front of their iPads while her friend played Minecraft and occasionally chatted. My daughter finally pretended she was being told by me and DH to get off and come downstairs. She was so funny about it. "I was so bored!"
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Post by peano on Feb 15, 2016 18:40:32 GMT
DS, 16, never Facetimed (oh, God, it's a verb  ) until he started going out with a girl. A couple of Saturdays ago, he spent at least 4 straight hours on Facetime with her and most nights, he goes up to his room and shuts the door, where I assume they are Facetiming. |
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Post by seaexplore on Feb 15, 2016 19:05:07 GMT
my 4 yo Face Times everyone she possibly can all the time. I have to watch what she's doing with her iPad. LOL. My parents will call me and say that she Face Timed them and then put the iPad down and walked away. LOL My sisters little guy did that to me one time. It was so funny. He said hi, put it down and walked off. I could totally hear him playing and messing around. I started talking to him and he came back to see what was going on. LOL
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Post by kluski on Feb 16, 2016 4:02:09 GMT
Yes. Be careful you are dressed at all times! Also ovoo is popular because then they can have a group chat up to 4-5 people. Again must be careful not to yell like a crazy parent. It is a useful homework tool however
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 16, 2016 4:12:49 GMT
It's a thing with us oldies too. I love to FaceTime with my out of state sister and out of state niece and her kids (DD's cousins). My sister and I have had hour long conversations that way, have opened Christmas and birthday presents over FaceTime, etc. My DD and her little cousins read to each other and just generally be goofy. It's a fun way for us to keep in touch.
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Post by angieh1996 on Feb 16, 2016 4:19:58 GMT
My DD 16 will use it sometimes. She talks to her BFF who moved to Texas last year. She also used it to help her other friend with math since they couldn't get together because she was sick, but she doesn't hang in it all the time. My DS 18 has never used it.
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Post by paget on Feb 16, 2016 4:38:44 GMT
My youngest is 16 and face timed friends a couple of times. It's not. Thing with her age group in our area.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Feb 16, 2016 5:14:31 GMT
I personally prefer to talk on the phone rather than FaceTime (mil likes to FaceTime) but the kids FaceTime their friends.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 6:06:58 GMT
Is this an apple only thing?  I've heard about it but can't imagine wanting to display my face to other people. My voice is good enough.  I'd rather talk on the phone or text and it would be very brief! The older I get the less I want to waste time with random meaningless conversations that lasts for hours. I probably would have loved it as a teen! |
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Post by alexa11 on Feb 16, 2016 6:16:13 GMT
My 4 yr. old DGDs love it. One is in RI and the other is here with me in SC. They would rather make faces at each other than talk- so funny. And they race to see who can end the call first.
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Post by cycworker on Feb 16, 2016 6:39:55 GMT
For some reason I tend to use Skype. Is there a particular advantage to using FaceTime vs Skype?
I am on an iPad.
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Post by gryroagain on Feb 16, 2016 6:44:35 GMT
Oh yes! I suspect DD wouldn't want me telling the Internet, but she has a friend (we are both military families) she met at 8 and remains close to on FaceTime, friend is in Germany now and we are back in Korea where they met years ago. Those two play mine craft together, do their makeup together, shower together, even go to the bathroom all on FaceTime. For HOURS. To me, it's a bit weird (14 year old me would never go to the bathroom with someone even via Internet!) but hey, it's their thing.
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Post by grinningcat on Feb 16, 2016 12:56:32 GMT
For some reason I tend to use Skype. Is there a particular advantage to using FaceTime vs Skype? I am on an iPad. In my experience, FT is more stable than Skype and you don't have to download an extra app for FT (it's already on the phone). I do have both apps, however, for the handful of people I know who don't have iPhones. Though now that I think of it, I never video call those people... just the FT people. As for the OP's question, I'm not sure how FT all the time is any different than being on the phone for hours like most teenagers have been since the dawn of the (cheap) telephone. |
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) until he started going out with a girl. A couple of Saturdays ago, he spent at least 4 straight hours on Facetime with her and most nights, he goes up to his room and shuts the door, where I assume they are Facetiming.
I've heard about it but can't imagine wanting to display my face to other people. My voice is good enough. 
I'd rather talk on the phone or text and it would be very brief! The older I get the less I want to waste time with random meaningless conversations that lasts for hours. I probably would have loved it as a teen! 
