What are your rules for your teens'/tweens' cell phone usage?

As parents, we kind of have to face it. We live in a cell phone world. I can't imagine my life without one. However, I'm sort of dreading when my kids want one.

A cell phone is just going to mean one more set of rules to enforce.

My dad friend just caught his 7th grade son talking on his cell phone - at 2am! My mom friend gets more texts for her daughter than for herself. Most the teachers in our What to Expect: Back to School series, middle school on up, stated that cell phones and texting were a BIG problem in the classroom - even schools where you're not supposed to have them out during class (yeah, we weren't supposed to pass notes in our day either, but we always found a way...).

So what's a parent to do? There have to be some rules, right?

Does your tween or teen have a cell phone? What are your rules about it? At home? At school? At night? How far do you go to enforce these rules?

Written by Sheri Reed for CafeMom's Big Kid Buzz