I don’t let the boys answer the phone yet. No big reason. I just don’t think they are ready to demonstrate good phone etiquette, which I find important.
I do, upon occasion, let them answer if Kevin is calling and I’m sitting right there holding the phone … and I usually have it on speaker-phone so I can hear everything. Maybe it is a control issue, but after an incident last week, I think not.
Ricky, my mom, and I were sitting on the couch having a lovely conversation when the phone rang. Caller ID told us that it was my Aunt Nancy, so I decided to let Ricky have some fun and answer the phone. I believe the conversation went something like this:
Ricky: Hello?
Auntie: Hi, who is this?
Ricky: Ricky.
Auntie: Hi, Ricky. This is Aunt Nancy.
Ricky: So … what is it you wanna tell me?
Whatever it was, Aunt Nancy was too busy laughing to tell him.