Rookie Question/Family Plan

I would recommend going with the select plan ($30 more) that includes unlimited texting. 700 minutes is not very much, and kids today tend to text way more than talk on the phone anyway. I know you want to have them be responsible for their own texting, but most kids would probably need the $15 dollar per month plan minimum to cover the insane amount of messages that many of them send, so you would most likely save yourself money (and headaches) in the long run just getting the whole plan unlimited messaging.

 

one thing you must understand before you proceed with this is that outside of the select and premium plans Verizon does not offer unlimited text messaging as an add-on and sadly the most messages you can get as an add-on is 5000 for $20/month/line.

Assuming that your wife wouldn't be texting. The two daughters could split the difference. 3 lines on a basic plan is $80. 3 lines on a select where all lines get unlimited texting is $110. Make the daughters each pay the difference of $30 split into $15 each. It's affordable for unlimited text messaging these days and it's much more smart than Verizon's over-priced add-ons

 

Honestly getting them both a Virgin Mobile phone is way cheaper and if you said they only spent 90 bucks a month on texting then it wouldn't hurt. Just teach your wife to text hehe.

In a similar vein I am kinda in a similar boat about trying to find a cheaper plan and deciding what phone/plan to go to but I think I will make my own thread.