Need some headphones that are cheap and sturdy. He’s tried Sony over the head ones, so many earbuds, some knock off beatsx. They all break, the wires get bent up I guess. Considering buying 20 $2 pairs for him. He uses an iPhone. Or is there a super sturdy bargain out there, like tough buds for careless people?
Man, why is the “similar topic” thing always way off base.
Buy wireless ones since wires seem to be a problem for him?
Headphones don’t break from that much use - they break from abuse when put away/stored.
Make him buy his own then maybe he will learn to look after them?
This is a good suggestion, or maybe alternatively an allowance of one set for an amount of chores. So he gets one set, after doing whatever chores or house work is deemed necessary, or helping neighbours or volunteering etc. If the set breaks then he has to earn the same number of points again, rinse and repeat.
Get a job
Buy his own
tell him unless he takes care if his headphones, he wont get another pair and you can sing to him all day, all his favourite songs
let's it gooooooooooo
My kids use their headphones non-stop, from what I can see they were made to break. I am buying my kids new ones all the time. We grab $10 pairs from Paddy's markets, they look the part, sound decent and still work after accidentally going through the wash.
I use a pair of these 40 hours every week. They seem to last about 12 months before something inevitably
happens.
Been through the wash a few times as well, sound returns to normal after drying out in the sun
https://www.gogroove.com/Headphones-Earbuds-cid424/Rugged-Er…
you have no responsibility to provide your children with headphones.
It's her husband.
Yeah, bread and water is all they need.
You are an enabler.
Teach him to be kind to cables. They may look resilient but plastic is cheap and oxygen-free copper wire is expensive and thin.
Get a new teenager.
Pretty obvious the kid doesn’t care about them as you keep buying more.
Make him buy them himself. He might take better care of them, because if "they all break", pretty sure the problem's not with the products.
No music for you
He's probably saying how crap the headphones are. So by breaking them, he wants you to buy more expensive ones
Buy him some behaviour therapy instead. Or wireless. Or nothing.
I was thinking he could just read song lyrics online.
Not the worst idea I must say, if he's listening to the top 40 chart stuff he should see what kind of crap he's listening to laid bare, and maybe he'll seek out quality music with lyrics worth hearing instead.
Make him pay for them himself. He'll soon stop breaking them. If he doesn't then he goes without.
With the way people carry on about providing beyond the bare necessities to kids here, I'm hoping you are all DINKS.
Pretty stupid comment. Completely misinterpret what people are saying basically
Did I make you feel bad?
I felt bad for you. 😂😂
Anything with a replaceable cable would be worth trying. The monoprice ones mentioned fit that bill https://www.amazon.com.au/Monoprice-Premium-Hi-Fi-Style-Head…
just buy for around $50 form jb,ow etc and return the for a replacement when they become faulty