15 before a cell phone ?? Lol, put him / her on lock, no dating, make up, or sleeping over friends house till at least 19. "Can you not read little Johnny ? it says no one under 17 can watch rated R movies." Tried the shield my kids because of the way I came up, rebelled at every turn. With 3 boys, now 23,21,17, I finally had to say to myself "ok, safety net gone, you raised them right, just hope the "got" at least 50% of it." They have done some knucklehead ****, but overall could not be more proud. The two oldest work and make pretty damn good cheese for their age, one at a Walmart Distribution Center, the other for Fed Ex. Why we do this. They always offer to pay at dinner, and 100% of the time pay the tip, after I tell them no they are not paying.