How to get your Phone back

Step 4

Determine if your usage was obnoxious. Notions of politeness and social etiquette around cell phone usage are still developing, and they can be very different from social group to social group.
What is considered proper among you and your friends is likely not what your parents consider proper.
If your phone was taken away because of obnoxious behavior, you are going to have to show your parents that you can amend that behavior and use the phone—at least in their presence—in correspondence with what they feel is proper behavior. If you and your mom are having a serious conversation, and your cell phone rings, what do you do? If you pick up in the middle of your mom’s sentence, she is not likely to be too happy.
Don’t text your friends during a family dinner or other like events. There are many other ways to be an obnoxious cell phone user as well. Find out exactly what your parents think is unacceptable.