Ya know, I hadn't even thought about what would happen if, say... the child of a cell-only family had an accident at someplace like the pool. They'd waste valuable time trying to locate where the family lived and drive to their home because they couldn't just look them up and make a phone call.

I usually have my calls forwarded from my landline to my cell if I'm going to be out and think the kids or the adults who are in charge of them (teachers, etc.) might need to reach me.

I just have a Tracfone and really don't use my cell all that much. DS is in HS and he has a pay-per-day plan that gives him unlimited texting. He never, ever, ever talks on it! lol

DD is in MS and she has a Trac. She doesn't keep it turned on so it's of no use for me to call her, but she uses it to call *me* when she needs picked up from somewhere. She's a very atypical 13yo in that she just doesn't seem to feel any great need to have a cool phone or to use it 24/7. Go figure!